Hello everyone,
Not to say l like to improve things when I can, but I try and am mostly successful.
My windshield (WS) was still a little low after raising my fairing up as much as I could; it’s a 10” model.
I started looking at replacement WS’s as well as the little wind deflector clip on type.
I thought I might as well see if I can fix what I already have, if I ended up replacing it I’d would have at least given it the Navy try.
A long time ago (4 decades) in High School I took a shop class in plastics, we did stuff with hard plastic and resins.
So I took a look at about where I wanted to have a bend in the windshield, removed it from the trike, got out some leather gloves, and cleared off the kitchen counter next to the stove.
I lit the gas stove (we bent hard plastic with an electric heated rod in High School) so I wasn’t sure if I would mess the plastic WS trying to heat it.
Anyway I took my time keeping the WS about 4 to 5 inches from the flame, along with keeping the WS constantly moving over the heat.
It took longer than I expected to heat the WS sufficiently enough to bend the WS approximately 5 minutes.
Using the counter to hold the WS flat and working with my leather gloved hands I reshaped the WS. (Yes the gloves get pretty warm; I just worked fast before the WS cooled).
Attached are one Photo Before, and three after (there is a small bit of distorted view in the bend but not too bad), what do you think?
David Hilton
Ret. USN ETC/SS
Not to say l like to improve things when I can, but I try and am mostly successful.
My windshield (WS) was still a little low after raising my fairing up as much as I could; it’s a 10” model.
I started looking at replacement WS’s as well as the little wind deflector clip on type.
I thought I might as well see if I can fix what I already have, if I ended up replacing it I’d would have at least given it the Navy try.
A long time ago (4 decades) in High School I took a shop class in plastics, we did stuff with hard plastic and resins.
So I took a look at about where I wanted to have a bend in the windshield, removed it from the trike, got out some leather gloves, and cleared off the kitchen counter next to the stove.
I lit the gas stove (we bent hard plastic with an electric heated rod in High School) so I wasn’t sure if I would mess the plastic WS trying to heat it.
Anyway I took my time keeping the WS about 4 to 5 inches from the flame, along with keeping the WS constantly moving over the heat.
It took longer than I expected to heat the WS sufficiently enough to bend the WS approximately 5 minutes.
Using the counter to hold the WS flat and working with my leather gloved hands I reshaped the WS. (Yes the gloves get pretty warm; I just worked fast before the WS cooled).
Attached are one Photo Before, and three after (there is a small bit of distorted view in the bend but not too bad), what do you think?
David Hilton
Ret. USN ETC/SS