broken gas cap?


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broken gas cap?

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I have 2nd gas cap and 20% of it broke off on one side, the metal rim underneath is exposed.

does anyone have a fail safe glue recommendation?

I'd like to use the glue underneath and on the broken faces then conceal the remaining surface crack with Plastifix.
CBX a work in progress, still improving...GS1150EFE completed and awaiting modifications.....RD350, remnants in boxes scattered throughout the garage

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JB Weld...quick setting Epoxy did the job and a little plastifix to hide the crack. I could make perfect but I'm 99% satisfied with the repair as it is as the cap is only going to be used on whichever tank is not on the bike . Buying and shipping a nice cap from ebay would cost me $50-75, I did the repair for $11...
CBX a work in progress, still improving...GS1150EFE completed and awaiting modifications.....RD350, remnants in boxes scattered throughout the garage

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When I first heard of JB Weld, I dismissed it as a hill-billy fix. Then one time, in an act of desperation, I tried it. I now have it in my garage, my shop, and my truck.

First place I used it was to repair brake pistons, on the advice of a trusted fellow CBX member, Dave Ditner. I cleaned out the pits, washed the part in alcohol, dried it, then smeared the epoxy into/over the pits. After it cured, I dressed it with a fine file and polished with emery cloth. That was in 1996, and those pistons are still in service.
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good to know, wish I had known that a couple days ago...I just finished installing my new (to me) twin pots that have a few pits in the pistons I could've tried that...I just polished the pistons with brake cleaner and a purple scotch pad and they seem to work fine despite the odd pit....
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