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MJO21's avatar
MJO21
Explorer
Dec 22, 2013

Front cone cracked?

The round plastic nose cone on our 5er has a good sized crack in it. I noticed it a couple months ago and tried an eproxy. I stopped by to check on it this week and noticed the split was a bit larger and it cracked right through the epoxy.

Is there a product made specifically to repair this?

What do you recommend?
  • b_pilot's avatar
    b_pilot
    Explorer
    Dec 22, 2013
    I had a stress crack in the front cap of my Bighorn. Turned out that some weld joints had broken in that area causing a flex. Had to take it back to Heartland to get it fixed. If you are experiencing a crack that is growing, you probably have a problem somewhere in the front cap area.
  • Old-Biscuit's avatar
    Old-Biscuit
    Explorer III
    Dec 22, 2013
    First you need to find/fix the cause of that stress crack.

    Sounds like it may be due to pin box flexing........see this post from Sept '13.....LINK
    Maybe 'TucsonJim' will chime in on his 2002 R-Vision flex problems.

    After bracing pin box then front cap needs to be repaired by a shop. Caulking/epoxy isn't going to hold up

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