ste
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| posted on 20/3/19 at 09:26 AM |
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Cycle wing removal help
Best way to remove bonded on cycle wings that the previous owner bonded in wonky?
Thanks 😂
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nick205
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| posted on 20/3/19 at 09:34 AM |
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A little warmth (SWMBOs hair dryer has done me well) to soften the donding and a decent paint scraper to gently open a gap.
Go slowly and gently to avoid damage and it isn't too difficult to do. Go at it too fast and you risk cracking the GRP.
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jps
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| posted on 20/3/19 at 09:36 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ste
Best way to remove bonded on cycle wings that the previous owner bonded in wonky?
Thanks 😂
If it's just been sikaflexed on the backside you could slide a thin wire (e.g. top 'E' guitar string) and use it like cheesewire to
cut through?
If it's been fibreglassed in I would have thought a dremel with a little angle grinder disc would be a good bet?
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ste
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| posted on 20/3/19 at 09:37 AM |
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Just Sikaflexed on so I will give the cheese wire and warmth method a shot. Thanks again
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gaz_gaz
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| posted on 20/3/19 at 09:42 AM |
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If it's on with a PU adhesive such as tiger seal or sikaflex you'll need to get cheese wire in and cut through it then spend an age
removing the residue. Heat won't help a great deal. I bonded some rear arch protectors on that moved while curing. what a nightmare removing
them was.
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westf27
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| posted on 20/3/19 at 12:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jps
quote:
Originally posted by ste
Best way to remove bonded on cycle wings that the previous owner bonded in wonky?
Thanks 😂
If it's just been sikaflexed on the backside you could slide a thin wire (e.g. top 'E' guitar string) and use it like cheesewire to
cut through?
If it's been fibreglassed in I would have thought a dremel with a little angle grinder disc would be a good bet?
g string would be my choice 
555
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Slater
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| posted on 21/3/19 at 01:03 PM |
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MIG wire garotte, use like a cheese wire as above.
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/3/19 at 02:13 PM |
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Chainsaw.... will take mere seconds
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jps
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| posted on 21/3/19 at 02:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slater
MIG wire garotte, use like a cheese wire as above.
Good point - stiffer so easier to push through the sikaflex to get started if necessary
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Slater
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| posted on 21/3/19 at 06:28 PM |
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Chainsaw.... will take mere seconds
now that made me laugh.
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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steve m
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| posted on 21/3/19 at 07:23 PM |
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Just leave them on the car, and do a few hundred miles, they will soon fall off,
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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