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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: RockyMountainRider on April 23, 2012, 01:37:16 PM
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I bought an instrument cluster off of ebay and it arrived with a cracked "glass" (it's actually plastic of course) due to poor packaging. I decided to see if I could repair the cracked piece - it was only cracked on one side. First I taped up the good side to protect it from getting cracked or scratched. Then I dremeled the clear plastic off on the one side, and then ground away the remaining clear plastic about 3mm beyond the opening of the cluster housing. Then I used a thick piece of paper and made a template for the replacement clear plastic. I purchased a small sheet of 3mm thick clear plastic for about $5 from a local plastics supplier, and using the template and my dremel, cut the replacement piece. Then I used clear silicon all around the outside of the black cluster housing where the clear plastic would sit, and pressed the clear plastic replacement piece into place. Looks as good as new from the outside. Total cost $5, total time about 2 hours.
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Nice, now scold that ebayer for bad packaging.
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Scott there just is no such thing as good packaging where the PO is involved. If you write fragile all over it they will THROW it into the fragile bin.
One could put 20 yars of bubble wrap and then they would refuse it saying it was bigger than 3 feet wide.
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whilst I agree with Rick, in this case they packed it like crap. They did not end up charging me anything, so I ended up with a new instrument cluster for $5 and 2 hours of labor. Not a bad deal.
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Scott there just is no such thing as good packaging where the PO is involved. If you write fragile all over it they will THROW it into the fragile bin.
One could put 20 yars of bubble wrap and then they would refuse it saying it was bigger than 3 feet wide.
I use the USPS quite a bit and have nothing but good things to say about their service. I've shipped several instrument clusters and never had an issue. (I do know how to pack things well though.)