cracked nose cone fix?
I posted a while back about a crack in the nose cone on my 2002 R-Vision Feather-Lite. The nose is ABS plastic. From the research that I could find-not much info-This was a common problem for 5ers of this brand at that time, as well as I could read the biggest cause was cold weather. I first tried to just epoxy over the crack. It did not last long and mid way through the winter I noticed another crack on the opposite side of the cone, so for the remainder of this winter I just went ahead and put some heave duty duct tape over the crack to keep water from getting in. Three weeks ago we had some good weather.
My dad thought it would work if we mixed up some resin and put a fiberglass cloth patch over the cracks. We had some major temp variations over the last week or so and it has held up so far.
My father is now thinking we need to reinforce what we did with a larger sheet. He is wanting to do the top 2 feet or so all the way across. My big question is....if we chose to do this could the cold temp contraction cause the cone to pull away from the side walls of the camper?
other advise?
My dad thought it would work if we mixed up some resin and put a fiberglass cloth patch over the cracks. We had some major temp variations over the last week or so and it has held up so far.
My father is now thinking we need to reinforce what we did with a larger sheet. He is wanting to do the top 2 feet or so all the way across. My big question is....if we chose to do this could the cold temp contraction cause the cone to pull away from the side walls of the camper?
other advise?
