Broken part confirmation

[VAcracker]

Anyone confirm this broken part?

I don’t want it to be what I think so it’s up the the forum to confirm my nightmare

 

[RossKean]

Mirror stay?? Did you drop the bike and is the mirror floppy? (I don't know exactly how it looks on a post Gen II)
Gen III+, I think they made them out of glass. People have done some things with kneadable epoxy, JB Weld or a selection of nuts, bolts and mending plates as an alternative to replacing it. A little searching may find you an answer... Good luck!

 

[gbrmksmith]

Yeah, very common to break the aluminum casting there whenever the bike comes down on the mirrors when dropped. As mentioned above lots of "fixes".

If you can TIG weld the aluminum, that is best. Otherwise, JB weld and zip ties works fine.

 

[VAcracker]

Yes the bike was dropped.

Think it was my fault for not waiting long enough at intersection. The wife tiptoes the bike as it is but it has been raining and the stop was on an incline.

I should have waited to assure the traffic was 100% committed to making their turn, but didn’t. The wife stopped and foot slipped a little, right foot then slipped off the brake and down she went.

Part of well over $200 plus looks like a pretty big job to get to.

Glad to hear others have successfully repaired similar breaks. Happy for more suggestions or even link to how to.

 

[Azor50Ron]

Anyone confirm this broken part?

I don’t want it to be what I think so it’s up the the forum to confirm my nightmare

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I use Q-Bond... very strong super glue with powders for plastic and metal..be careful with it though...

https://www.amazon.com/Tool-Interna...&keywords=k+tool+q+bond&qid=1684067613&sr=8-1

 

[Dodger]

I use Q-Bond... very strong super glue with powders for plastic and metal..be careful with it though...

https://www.amazon.com/Tool-Interna...&keywords=k+tool+q+bond&qid=1684067613&sr=8-1

I was able to glue it back together with epoxy and a couple layers of fiberglass cloth. First hold it together with thickened Super Glue, then gingerly apply cloth/epoxy, you can do both sides easily enough. So far so good. I was also able to get a good repair to the mirror paint.

 

[VAcracker]

Is removing the whole front end body work required or is there a trick to avoid it?

 

[SacramentoMike]

Another veteran and victim of this STUPID design defect. The POS "stay" is buried deep under ALL the plastic and snaps like a dried out wishbone almost spontaneously. Yours looks like it's at least in an accessible place that might lend itself to a repair, even without the disassembly. I made kind of a splint by bending and beating a piece of metal as close to the shape of the site of the break as I could, drilled it out and put a metal screw on each side and when it looked ready to mount, slathered it with JB Weld and crossed my fingers. It at least held the mirror steady enough to work, but it was hard to trust, being at such a thin point on the part. You can replace the part, or have it done, but it's a LOT of work (or a lot of shop time) and you've still got your mirrors held on by a pot metal part. So if you can do a fix, it's the way to go.

 

[Low Level FJR Pilot]

Did the same thing in my Sister's driveway while visiting her in Hot Springs Village. Came up on a ridge where the roadway met her driveway. Stopped, but lost my footing and dropped the bike. Because of the angle, the bike went over even further than it should have and I had the wheels at almost a 15 degree angle in the air. When we got it upright, I noticed my mirror laying on the ground. I thought I'd just snapped the mirror and I could get a new one. Turned out it snapped off the plastic from the fairing and the stay metal too. I have all the parts on order from Partzilla and plan to fix the bike and put it back to 100%. The bad part is, the main plastic won't come in until May 29th. Total cost for parts is a bit over $650. I will do most of the scratch repair myself and then get the parts painted in a local shop. Good luck. I'm just not a fan of JB weld and other items listed on this thread. I will sell the bike knowing the next owner won't have to worry about a fix that could bite them in the tail.

 

[BkerChuck]

You can fix it temporarily with JB Weld but I would expect to replace the stay at a later time. PITA but not really all that hard to swap out.

 

[VAcracker]

I am having trouble getting the nose piece off in order to remove it

Seems to be a hard attachment point between the headlights.




But don’t see it

 

[VAcracker]

Yeah, she’s a dirty girl we got caught in the rain and love 2 miles down a dirt road so not cleaning it until it’s fixed

 

[SkooterG]

Are you sure you want to completely disassemble? That is going to be one major PITA to repair like that! I may have to do it someday, but I will avoid it at all costs. A few years back I bought a low-mile '17 FJR that the previous owner had dropped and broke the stay. I repaired it. It's holding great several years and several thousand miles later. I'm confident it will last the life the FJR as long as it is not dropped again. Another bonus is no dismantling of bodywork more than what you showed originally.

Here is a link to one of the other sandboxes where I have more detail of my repair:

https://www.fjrowners.com/threads/mirror-stay-broken.157759/page-2#post-1357168

 

[rbentnail]

From another member. Look through, I haven't examined it to see if it has what you need. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/e9mkj5dgghjgci2vvo7a7/h?dl=0&rlkey=45f5eo9667thgymuxqkfyqfcz

 

[VAcracker]

Are you sure you want to completely disassemble? That is going to be one major PITA to repair like that! I may have to do it someday, but I will avoid it at all costs. A few years back I bought a low-mile '17 FJR that the previous owner had dropped and broke the stay. I repaired it. It's holding great several years and several thousand miles later. I'm confident it will last the life the FJR as long as it is not dropped again. Another bonus is no dismantling of bodywork more than what you showed originally.

Here is a link to one of the other sandboxes where I have more detail of my repair:

https://www.fjrowners.com/threads/mirror-stay-broken.157759/page-2#post-1357168

Thanks!!!!!

Will review the repair you did. I just wanted room so I can get a good clean access.

Thought is initial tack with Q-bond followed by reinforcing it with J/B weld with maybe wire or zip tie too.

I am at close to 20K so what else should be done to a bike I bought second hand with 12/13k on it.

 

[RossKean]

Seems to me mcatrophy did this and documented at least some of it. Search mirror+stay by member mcatrophy.

 

[Azor50Ron]

Are you sure you want to completely disassemble? That is going to be one major PITA to repair like that! I may have to do it someday, but I will avoid it at all costs. A few years back I bought a low-mile '17 FJR that the previous owner had dropped and broke the stay. I repaired it. It's holding great several years and several thousand miles later. I'm confident it will last the life the FJR as long as it is not dropped again. Another bonus is no dismantling of bodywork more than what you showed originally.

Here is a link to one of the other sandboxes where I have more detail of my repair:

https://www.fjrowners.com/threads/mirror-stay-broken.157759/page-2#post-1357168

Now that 360 unlimited vision is available for trucks...waiting for bike models so won't need limited vision mirrors.....better yet just give us heads-up helmets fighter pilots use....just need cost to come down from $400k

 

[mcatrophy]

I did once do this, you can see pictures of how I did it here.

You can get to that buried screw with a thin screwdriver as in this pic:
(Click on image for larger view)


Possible, but not the right way of doing the job.

 

[wfooshee]

I am having trouble getting the nose piece off in order to remove it

Seems to be a hard attachment point between the headlights.

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But don’t see it

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If it's anything like earlier gens, you have to remove the nose as a unit, headlights and all. The nose is bolted to the headlight assembly with bolts you can't reach while the assembly is on the bike.

In your very first picture, that Philips screw at the left is one of four that holds the headlight assembly onto the front subframe.

 

[SkooterG]

If it's anything like earlier gens,

It's not. A whole different PITA beast.
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