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Tip to repair rubber parts

I disassembled the rear axle before.  There had been no progress on it because I started the repair of the fuel tank during my summer holiday.

While painting the fuel tank, I repaired the torn rubber boot of the parking brake wire.
I guessed it didn’t cost high because it was small rubber part.  But I wanted to try the repair method I read on the magazine article before.

This was the condition before the repair.  The rubber was torn apart and separated almost.


I used this self-adhesive type butyl tape.  I pasted lots of small pieces of the butyl tape on the back side of the rubber boot.  As time goes by, these tapes would melt and stick together. 


After this I applied plenty of adhesive “Super X Black” on the rubber boot.  On the magazine of MOTO MAINTENANCE, I read the article that the motorcycle seat was repaired with this method.  So, I wanted to try it.


After drying 1 day, it became like this.  It seemed that the repaired parts could be used as cover because the adhesive was very flexible material same as rubber.  If you need better appearance, you can also paint with matte black on this.  I didn’t paint this because this part located at difficult position to be seen.


(My original blog was written on 5th Sep. 2008)
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  1. UnknownSeptember 20, 2018 at 5:17 AM

    These cables are available new from most any parts supplier. The boot is also available new.

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    1. onboroALFASeptember 20, 2018 at 8:18 AM

      Thank you for your information! I wanted to try this method as an experimental repair. In the next time I will buy new parts from the supplier.

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