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Author:  speedchaser [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:57 pm ]
Post subject:  DIY Fender Repair plastic Welding
Hello
Did some fender repair
Pick up A cheap plastic welders from harbor Fright
Item # 41592 and some screen for cement block or brick work

Tools needed putty knife sheet steel shears and plastic welder

The weld stick that came with the welder I didn't like.
so I cut up some plastic from a old fl350 tub I had laying around

The main thing when doing this is to block up the back side of fender with wood or steel

Thanks For Looking

SpeedChaser

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File comment: Harbor Freight Welder
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File comment: Cracked Fender ouch
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File comment: screen for brick laying
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File comment: cut screen and bend to follow the crack
don't leave small hanger on screen
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File comment: Now take putty knife and push screen
in to the fender while heat with weld gun
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File comment: As it get hot it start to melt in to fender
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Author:  speedchaser [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:58 pm ]
Post subject: 
Next

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File comment: All melted in
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File comment: extra plastic from fl350 tub
cut in to strips
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File comment: chunk of plastic
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File comment: Now put putty knife on top of chunk of plastic and heat top of putty knife
let melt and smooth out
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File comment: I only did small run of welding because
I did what to over heat the fender and have a big glob of gooey mess
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File comment: Second piece melted in
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Author:  speedchaser [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:11 pm ]
Post subject: 
Next

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File comment: Now flip fender over and smooth out crack with putty knife and weld gun
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File comment: smoothing it out
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File comment: Now back to the other side
smooth out with putty knife some more then I use a 4 in one file it has four different files in one
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File comment: Close up of file
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File comment: before filing
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File comment: after filing and some sanding
and ready for some bondoe
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Author:  speedchaser [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:22 pm ]
Post subject: 
Closes Ups

Thanks For Looking

SpeedChaser

P.S. I would Like to thank Hare For the Screen Idea
as he gave the Idea out in chat Thanks

::-: :-)

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Author:  hoser [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:40 pm ]
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Wonder if you heated up the mesh with a torch until it was red hot then let it burn into the plastic until it was flush then finished it off as you did?
Author:  speedchaser [ Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:06 pm ]
Post subject: 
hoser wrote:
Wonder if you heated up the mesh with a torch until it was red hot then let it burn into the plastic until it was flush then finished it off as you did?


Yes you can I use to use a torch screw driver and putty knife to fix the plastic fenders and gas tanks
one time we where out camping and need to fix a gas tank I use part of the guys rear fender a screw driver
and camp fire . this was way bake in the late 80's and it still doesn't leak to this day.

Thanks SpeedChaser
:-)
Author:  mozzy [ Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:11 am ]
Post subject: 
Damn you're good with tools.
Author:  vectorboy_99 [ Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:36 am ]
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This is timely. I just bought a project for the kids yesterday, and need to fix the fenders. What a coincidence.

thanks,

Jim :-)
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