RCinNC
Well-Known Member
I was changing the oil on the bike yesterday; when I went to spin off the oil cap, it broke into three pieces in my hand. Fortunately it was the cap part that broke, and not the threads. I've never seen that happen before, and it's actually the first thing that's ever broken on the S10 in 60,000 miles. I ordered a new one on line, but I have to be able to ride on Monday and the new one wont be here in time, so out came the JB Weld and a trip to the scrap aluminum box. I pieced the cap back together with Loctite super glue, just to hold everything together. Then I made a couple reinforcing brackets out of 1/16" angle aluminum; these were glued over the top and the finger grip part of the original cap with JB Weld. Once that was dry I filed and sanded down the JB Weld and aluminum, and then wrapped a piece of .080 ABS plastic around the circumference of the cap to tie it all together, and this was attached with the super glue and some Zip Kicker (a super glue accelerator). A little more sanding, and it was done and back in the bike.
The finished cap....
....and how it looks in the bike.
When you see it in person, it looks like it's made of chrome. Reminds me of my Harley days, although this "chrome" oil cap didn't cost forty bucks.
The finished cap....
....and how it looks in the bike.
When you see it in person, it looks like it's made of chrome. Reminds me of my Harley days, although this "chrome" oil cap didn't cost forty bucks.