Windshield Repair

 I have a windshield on the way from an Ebay seller.  It's got air wings on
it, which alone are worth the price I paid, and the windshield itself is,
according to the seller, in very good condition with no big scratches.

That being the case, I'm probably going to replace my wing-less windshield
with this one, since mine has some rather ugly scratches.

The one problem with the new-to-me windshield is, it has a crack at one of
the bolt holes, going about an inch or so to the edge of the windshield..

Now, just about any fugly repair can be done to this part of the windshield,
and it won't show.  It will be covered by the bolt and the fairing trim.

That's the good news.

Unfortunately, I don't know a good way to repair it.  Should I use JB Weld,
Epoxy cement, or what?

I really don't want to toss a nice, pretty windshield just for a little
crack, but I don't really want to eat it when it flies in my face at 80mph.

Thanks for any suggestions...

CS

 On 3/1/2011 3:32 PM, CS wrote:

Get some windshield repair compound at Sears?

Ack

 
If it goes from a bolt hole to the edge of the windshield, I'm not sure that
you really need to repair it.

The bolt hole is presumably a very large diameter (1/8-inch or more), so the
crack won't propagate from the bolt hole.  It has already propagated to the
edge, so you can't stop it from getting there.

One common technique used is stress relief holes:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid  091106124917AAsI1RW

But if you do decide to repair it, I have no idea how ...

DFC

 "Datesfat Chicks"  wrote in message


If it goes from a bolt hole to the edge of the windshield, I'm not sure that
you really need to repair it.

The bolt hole is presumably a very large diameter (1/8-inch or more), so the
crack won't propagate from the bolt hole.  It has already propagated to the
edge, so you can't stop it from getting there.

One common technique used is stress relief holes:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid  091106124917AAsI1RW

But if you do decide to repair it, I have no idea how ...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks for the link.

I'm not worried about the crack moving on.  It's stopped by the hole.

I'm just worried that the crack will cause a weak point and cause too much
stress on the other three bolts/holes.

Of course, I'm probably worried about nothing.  I wouldn't be surprised if
the last guy rode 20k miles with the windshield like that without issue.

Still, that doesn't mean I want to tempt fate.

CS

 

As DF says, drill (or possibly better still, *melt* with a very hot
spike, a stress relief hole at the end of the crack.


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