Broken console tab
Apr 10, 2020 | 11:15 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Broken console tab
working on my MGW shifter and one of the tabs on the console is broken I found the piece . it's the very front driver side
small tab. What kind of glue can be used to fix it? I never had much luck repairing plastic.
Apr 10, 2020 | 11:20 PM
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'10, '14
You can usually go without one of the tabs just fine. I can’t tell from that pic which one it is though, can you take a pic a little further out?
Apr 11, 2020 | 01:06 AM
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From: Stockton, ca
superglue and be done with it
Apr 11, 2020 | 01:42 AM
Melting Slicks
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
devnull
You can usually go without one of the tabs just fine.
Agree. If you can't reattach (which is unlikely to work well) just try going without the one tab, and you'll probably be fine.
If not, deal with it then.
(BTW, I have a friend whose solution for such stuff is a wad of chewing gum, go figure.)
Apr 11, 2020 | 09:18 AM
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Melting Slicks
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just my experience Superglue doesn't work well on plastic
Apr 11, 2020 | 09:32 AM
Le Mans Master
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JB Weld works good on these since you found the broken tab. Just takes a while to set, so let it sit overnight.
Apr 11, 2020 | 09:50 AM
Melting Slicks
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Plast-aid, bought from amazon. I have repaired lots of plastic with this stuff on my 65 Buick riviera with great results.
Apr 11, 2020 | 11:39 AM
Racer
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Find an epoxy designed for plastic. Superglue is quite brittle and will break off when stressed too much.
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