[apex]

The passenger seat belt buckle - the black plastic clamshell part surrounding the buckly, snappy part has let loose at the seam. I epoxied it back together but the glue didn't hold.

Has anyone successfully put one of these back together?

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[DaveN]

If it's ABS or PVC you can use the glue from the hardware store as it actually melts and bonds the plastic. I imagine it might not be either though as usually these incarnations are quite hard and that cowling is soft n'est pas?

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[apex]

Dave - thanks for the follow-up - not ABS or PVC - it is indeed something harder than those. But you're right: there's probably an adhesive more chemically suited than the epoxy I tried.

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[DaveN]

We have a chain here in Canada called Industrial Plastics who handles all types of plastics and cements for these purposes, you must have and equivalent in the US?

http://www.ippnet.com/home.html
I couldn't find a 1-800 on their web site otherwise you could just call and pick their brains.

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[apex]

DaveN, thanks for your reply! I did find an 800-number on the site you mentioned - all western canada. But I like your idea of consulting a plastics expert. If I can't find someone to call in the SE USA I'll call our friends in Canada and get some advice.

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[apex]

Following-up: Purchased some 3M super-glue and the clamshell is holding fine.

That's the good news.

The bad news:

The mechanism failed inside. Won't go into the details but the short story is I just called Sunset to learn that the little 12" replacement belt and buckle can be had cheap for $203.50. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

Anyone have a spare passenger side buckle? Or know if this is a generic part available from a non-Porsche souce? (Hat's off the the "alternate sourcing" thread!!) If no reply here I'll try Parts Heaven or another used source.

Cheers, and thanks.

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[Monstrous4Banger]

I got one from a 944 turbo. Pretty sure its the same part, Ill have to double check.

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[Monstrous4Banger]

Yep, theyre the same OEM part. Pm me if your interested. Ill beat any ones price, I need the space in the garage, and the 944 stuff has got to go.

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