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Title: Staples - Gearstick Gaitor
Post by: MikeDundee on 04 June 2015, 15:03:06
Anyone have a part number for the staples that hold the gearstick Gaitor in place ::)
Title: Re: Staples - Gearstick Gaitor
Post by: minifreek on 04 June 2015, 15:07:41
Them staples are bloody hard to get through the plastic....

I used one of these ;)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Professional-Hot-Melt-Glue-Gun-20W-with-50-Glue-Sticks-Graft-Repair-Tool-White-/390909090941?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5b03ff5c7d
Title: Re: Staples - Gearstick Gaitor
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 04 June 2015, 15:21:42
Oooh, yeah, wouldnt even attempt it with staples. Just think laterally, and think if you weren't trying to churn out many tens of thousands of these things a year, what would you use? Frankly a few staples does look a bit of a 'bodge', factory-original though it may be. I'd say glue gun, or even double-sided tape. Some of that stuff is ruddy tough sticky stuff. Also know for a fact there's a TD running around OOF with a gearlever gaiter held on with a cable tie and gaffatape (on the inside, I hasten to add!) and in spite of its 'bodgeworthy' sounding which many would scoff at, it hasn't fallen off in about 7 years of daily use.  :)
Title: Re: Staples - Gearstick Gaitor
Post by: MikeDundee on 04 June 2015, 15:48:54
Well was thinking some leather glue but the cable ties sound like a quicker and better option :y
Title: Re: Staples - Gearstick Gaitor
Post by: Nick W on 04 June 2015, 15:56:38
Why make things difficult?
Contact adhesive is what every trimmer uses for this sort of job. Takes seconds, and requires no skill or equipment.
Title: Re: Staples - Gearstick Gaitor
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 05 June 2015, 00:04:49
Why make things difficult?
Contact adhesive is what every trimmer uses for this sort of job. Takes seconds, and requires no skill or equipment.

Yes that's what we like on here!  :y
Title: Re: Staples - Gearstick Gaitor
Post by: 05omegav6 on 05 June 2015, 04:47:41
Why make things difficult?
Contact adhesive is what every trimmer uses for this sort of job. Takes seconds, and requires no skill or equipment.
The factory use heat and pressure... the staples are simply there to hold the gaiter in place for manufacture, not forever, and are probably left in place as they aren't visible and aren't in the way ;)
Title: Re: Staples - Gearstick Gaitor
Post by: MikeDundee on 05 June 2015, 05:43:18
Why make things difficult?
Contact adhesive is what every trimmer uses for this sort of job. Takes seconds, and requires no skill or equipment.

Brilliant :y, coz I have no skill or equipment :-\, contact adhesive it is then :y
Title: Re: Staples - Gearstick Gaitor
Post by: chrisgixer on 06 June 2015, 00:36:30
;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Staples - Gearstick Gaitor
Post by: MikeDundee on 06 June 2015, 07:39:03
Well job done in B&Q car park yesterday, contact adhesive lost, double sided 3m sticky tape won the day :y, thanks for all your advice :y, now I have a skill ;D