windshield repair

Discussion in 'Bay Area Bikers' started by Gustav Johansen, Sep 15, 2005.

  1. Gustav Johansen

    Gustav Johansen Guest

    I've got a crack starting to migrate out of one of the mounting holes in my
    plastic windshield. Its a fairly tall shield on a BMW but the crack is low.
    Does anyone have any experience with fixing these?
     
    Gustav Johansen, Sep 15, 2005
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    Alan Moore Guest

    You can probably stop the propogation by drilling a small hole at the
    end of where the crack is now. Use a sharp drill.

    The windscreen is probably plexiglass (poly methyl-methacrylate) which
    has useful optical properties. TAP Plastics will have adhesives that
    partially dissolve this and allow you to fuse the crack together, but
    the stresses that are being relieved by formation of the crack will
    still be there, ready to crack it again.

    Al Moore
    DoD 734
     
    Alan Moore, Sep 15, 2005
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