Air Cleaner Cover Screw Hole Stripped

[lee stroke]

Has anyone stripped one of the screw holes that holds on the air cleaner cover? If so how did you fix it? Thanks.

 

[Niehart]

Lee, I haven't stripped a hole but I have missed the hole and thought I stripped it. I took the cover back off and could see where I just missed the hole.

 

[HotRodZilla]

Yeah, there's a bunch of them, and one or two act funny. It's a metal screw into a plastic threaded hole. Hell, grab a slightly bigger screw. FWIW, mine have never backed out.

 

[bigjohnsd]

I've "Missed the Hole" several times in my life. It didn't always end well. JSNS

 

[RoadRunner244]

! This stuff is amazing! It's expensive in quantity but I think you can get a small kit on Amazon that will do what you need for a minimal price. I found out the hard way just any plastic repair stuff won't work on bike plastics--including the FJR. I used it to practically rebuild a busted side panel on my FJR. It has held strong going on 3-4 years..actually stronger than the plastic itself. Also, repaired a stripped plastic screw hole in the nose panel. Really good stuff to have on hand for anything involving plastic repair.

 

[Canadian FJR]

Yep, I have stripped two of mine.

Zilla mentioned one option, use a slightly bigger

screw.

The second option that I used was to cut a few strips

of plastic zip ties and jam them in the hole, then tighten as normal.

Worked well.

Canadian FJR

 

[art miller]

I've "Missed the Hole" several times in my life. It didn't always end well. JSNS

Can you be more specific?????

 

[art miller]

I use Plast-Aid (probably similar to Plastex). It is a two part compound (powder & liquid) that really works well to mend or make plastic parts. I recently used it to repair the plastic tab on the windscreen cover. It worked well and the mended part is stronger than the flimsy OEM tab.

 

[YummYam]

Do you mean elaborate?........ Maybe he was elaborating when he missed the whole.

 

[bigjohnsd]

No

 

[HotRodZilla]

No

Thank God for that!!