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Todd · 09-21-2007, 09:15 PM

Oh, guess I misread..thought it was the ones on the cover.

**jmorrow** · 09-24-2007, 04:19 PM

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:-/ OK, don't mention it! I know...I am a numbnuts. Now can anyone help me?

I broke the two plastic tits off the toolbox holder. The two tits that go into the two rubber doughnuts on the toolbox side cover for the Nomad.

Is there anyway to fix without having to buy the whole million dollar piece of plastic crap??

Thanks. :'(

SC, If you haven't bought a new frame box or repaired it yet, You might try sanding where the cover tit's use to be down flat, drill a small hole where each tit was and insert a sheet metal screw smaller than the hole you drilled, then wrap with a dab of electrical tape to match the head of the screw. Be sure the screws head will fit through the holes in the side cover. Just a thought...........

"sometimes a bigger hammer don't always solve the problem"

stonechief · 09-25-2007, 05:32 PM

Tried the plastic weld stuff and it worked great until I went to put on my side cover and they broke off. Finally found the answer, though.

Dremeled off the stubs of the two plastic tits and drilled holes through the box where the tits were. Used a wood screw into the holes to the proper length and dremeled off the heads. Filled in the threads with epoxy and EUREKA, I have new titties the are strong and perky!!!

Dremel is King!

Todd · 09-25-2007, 06:09 PM

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Tried the plastic weld stuff and it worked great until I went to put on my side cover and they broke off. Finally found the answer, though.

Dremeled off the stubs of the two plastic tits and drilled holes through the box where the tits were. Used a wood screw into the holes to the proper length and dremeled off the heads. Filled in the threads with epoxy and EUREKA, I have new the are strong and perky!!!

Dremel is King!

Yeah, but when you ride down the street with your new ones the girls are gonna call em fake and be jealous

Good job and nice engineering plan.

09-26-2007, 04:28 AM

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spork · 09-26-2007, 03:41 PM

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Is there anyway to fix without having to buy the whole million dollar piece of plastic crap??

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ROFL!!!!!!!

**Caveman** · 07-07-2015, 01:18 AM

I know this is an old thread, but you guys are cracking me up with this... I'm still new to the forum & just going through reading old threads. I just bought a used Nomad & it already had the same problem. I was going to rig something up but decided to search here first to see if there were cheap replacements.

Loafer · 07-07-2015, 08:33 AM

I believe that everything has been investigated and / or tried. Search and read, easy as apple pie.

VulcanE · 07-07-2015, 03:49 PM

A friend of mine, several years ago broke both of his off too, and he drilled out where the studs were and used a couple of 1/4-20 bolts to fix his. Bolt heads are on the inside, and a jam nut on the outside of the inside part with lock-tite. Just make sure they are the same length as the plastic studs were. It works just like it's supposed too, and you don't have to worry about breaking them any more.

Bud2rat · 07-10-2015, 01:42 AM

Yeah it never amazes me at the ingenuity some of these guys have, interesting fix.

smokey · 07-10-2015, 06:56 AM

A tip is to drill a hole in both pieces, the broken tab and the base, make sure they line up, then use a steel pin and then use the JB Weld, the steel pin will act as a reinforcement.

UNCLE WILLIE · 07-10-2015, 01:01 PM

some years ago I got this stuff to repair the fairing on my last bike because nothing else would last on cracks/broken pins & holes etc.
PlastiFix -- google it -- the stuff really works -- u can mold new parts & fill holes/cracks just like they advertise -- its not cheap but was worth every penny to me

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VulcanE Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cartersville, Georgia Posts: 4,838	A friend of mine, several years ago broke both of his off too, and he drilled out where the studs were and used a couple of 1/4-20 bolts to fix his. Bolt heads are on the inside, and a jam nut on the outside of the inside part with lock-tite. Just make sure they are the same length as the plastic studs were. It works just like it's supposed too, and you don't have to worry about breaking them any more. __________________ Cliff "VulcanE" Evans 2005 Blue & Silver 1600 Nomad VBA # 320 VROC # 20381
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Bud2rat Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: St. Pauls, NC Posts: 2,089	Yeah it never amazes me at the ingenuity some of these guys have, interesting fix. __________________ Robert Torrey VBA# 02077 Vroc# 27672 1996 800A Customized (SOLD) 2001 1500 Nomad (The Mistress) 2013 Voyager 2014 SE Rally - Elkins, WV 2016 SE Rally - Helen, Ga
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smokey Sr. Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Orleans, ON, Canada Posts: 1,162	A tip is to drill a hole in both pieces, the broken tab and the base, make sure they line up, then use a steel pin and then use the JB Weld, the steel pin will act as a reinforcement. __________________ Smokey Capt(retd) Canadian Forces National President CVFR (Canadian Veteran Freedom Riders) 2010 VN1700 Voyager, ABS www.cvfr.ca VBA #02220
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UNCLE WILLIE Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: knoxville tn Posts: 227	broken plastic some years ago I got this stuff to repair the fairing on my last bike because nothing else would last on cracks/broken pins & holes etc. PlastiFix -- google it -- the stuff really works -- u can mold new parts & fill holes/cracks just like they advertise -- its not cheap but was worth every penny to me
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