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08-10-2009, 11:42 AM

I had a similar crack in my stone guard, but it was to the hinge bar instead. I drilled a hole (maybe 9/64th or 5/32nd) at the very end of the tear, centering the drill bit over the end of the tear. That relieves the stress so that it shouldn't tear further. That method seems to work pretty good on aluminum as well as plastic and fiberglas.

08-10-2009, 11:42 AM	#2
mtnguy Guest Posts: n/a	I had a similar crack in my stone guard, but it was to the hinge bar instead. I drilled a hole (maybe 9/64th or 5/32nd) at the very end of the tear, centering the drill bit over the end of the tear. That relieves the stress so that it shouldn't tear further. That method seems to work pretty good on aluminum as well as plastic and fiberglas.