[Voyager]

Can anyone tell me if the mirrors on the LT are made of ABS? Mine has broken at the front spring location. I tried to repair it once with epoxy, but that didn't adhere all that well. If it is ABS, I'd rather try a solvent weld with some ABS stock, but I wasn't 100% certain it was ABS.

 

[gary45]

I drilled some small holes around the cracked area laced it with small diameter wire and used a good apoxy to build around and into the wire reinforcement

 

[harrowbmw]

Ok Gary...I think you get the craftsman of the week award...

 

[mreuter]

Hi, there is somewhere a Thread " Easy Mirror repair", take a look

Manfred

 

[gary45]

Ok Gary...I think you get the craftsman of the week award...

I'm just cheap, both my mirrors were were each broken at 2 spring mounts so I had nothing to lose other than a few hours during the winter evenings to attempt a repair
used a steel replacement epoxy

 

[Munmi]

This is the process I used and has worked very well. Cement was JB Weld.

http://www.bmwlt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64187&highlight=mirror

 

[wa1200lt]

The plastic is ABS which 'splains why the epoxy didn't work so well.

Loren

 

[copperstatetour]

I have used a small cable tie in my broken mirror mount but dont really care for it, I like the wire idea better. Although now that I know it is ABS I might try to use a plastic welding rod and welder.