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Message started by Ricardo on 06/04/07 at 16:47:12

Title: Toolbox seal
Post by Ricardo on 06/04/07 at 16:47:12

I wonder if anyone has the address of the fellow who designed the toolbox seal, at least on the 2002. Nah, forget it. Alternatively (and more positively), anyone had any success with a particularly good adhesive for the tiny thing? My seal does NOT wanna stay on.

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Max_Morley on 06/04/07 at 18:34:10

I used automotive weatherstrip trim cement, but the old seal was pinched and torn badly and I had to fiddle with it when I put the new registration in there last week. Seems like there should be a better solution. Maybe take it to the bed liner shop during the off season with it prepped and taped off and let them shoot a layer of that stuff on it. Max

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Greg_650 on 06/04/07 at 19:39:20

Ricardo wrote:

If you get the address. Let me know. I glued it on I don't know how many times, and finally chucked it.

What I finally realized was, "What does it seal?" The darned box has got holes in the top anyway.

What I also learned was that when I finally got all the old glue off, it looked a lot better than having part of the seal hanging loose :P

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Greg_650 on 06/04/07 at 19:40:25

Max_Morley wrote:

I detect a humorous mood tonight ;D

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Ricardo on 06/04/07 at 20:26:38

I've decided to be happy without the seal - or that shop. See what happens. No chance that I'll hear a little rattle, and I doubt the "tools" will get wet.

Thanks,

(But the design is really awful.)

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by justin_o_guy on 06/04/07 at 20:44:45

That flimsy pice O crud didnt last 3 months. I ditched it, took an X-Acto & split some small tubing & stuck on it. Used duct tape inside to hold it on. It's workin Okay, but if it ever gets too annoying, I am just gonna toss it completely & go without a rubber.

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by verslagen1 on 06/04/07 at 20:59:13

I'm thinking about getting that tank trim and put it there. It has adhesive already.

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Greg_650 on 06/04/07 at 22:43:33

verslagen1 wrote:

I'm thinking about getting that tank trim and put it there. It has adhesive already.

Might be too thick. Take the easy option and toss it. No sense trying to re-engineer something that's useless.

Besides, if the Savage came without it do you think we'd be discussing a need for it?

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Savage_Rob on 06/05/07 at 06:24:27

Just wipe the tools down with WD-40 before you put 'em away and don't worry about moisture. That box isn't watertight anyway.

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Woody on 06/05/07 at 15:18:06

Buy a fork bag and throw the plastic away. It looks good without it on my bike. :D :D

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Rockin_John on 06/05/07 at 15:50:25

This has gotta be the "thread of the month" post!!!

So far, we've got several "just toss it" and a "Red Green" style "Fix it with duct tape" answer, and a couple of other misc. answers. Keep 'em coming folks. Funny stuff! ;-)

And then the one who did it like me, and used real automotive weatherstrip adhesive so it would be fixed for good.

Oh... the good stuff is 3M Weather Strip Sealant. The yellow stuff in a tube. Looks like yellow contact cement, but doesn't require mixing two parts. In the truck and auto manufacturing business it is officially known as "Gorilla Snot." We used it for window trim in the cab area of the truck makers I worked for.

As a take-off from that suggestion, occasionally someone would forget to put the lid back on a tube that was laying on the edge of a table. That would lead to a 3-foot dried stringy glob of the stuff. Invariably some clown would shove this up their nostril and run around the shop pretending to sneeze, and then turn around where everyone could see this 3-foot yellow snot wad hanging from their nose... Ahhh... Sophomoric humor at its best... or maybe you just had to be there to appreciate it ;-)

I'll assure you this: working with people like them, you never let your lunch pail out of sight!

And Tools? That's what leather tool bags are for. I'd never put anything important in that box. Though I've not lost one, I've replaced two that were lost by previous owners; and adjusted the keeper so that I shouldn't lose mine. But have you noticed that about one out of three Savages are missing that chrome cover? I bet Suzuki has made a not-so-small fortune from them. Coincidence? I think not!

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Trippah on 06/05/07 at 16:12:02

as well as the side covers, that shed constantly. Somewhere, there is a savage that looks like an armadillo. :D

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by jrm8486 on 06/05/07 at 16:35:30

I took mine off and replaced it with chrome door trim from auto zone.

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Digger on 06/08/07 at 19:34:29

The 3M weatherstrip adhesive works well but is difficult to work with.

I used Marine Goop on mine before it got too bad. Has been holding for years.

Marine Goop is cheap, easy to work with, waterproof, and UV resistant.

IHTH!

Title: Re: Toolbox seal
Post by Rockin_John on 06/08/07 at 22:02:15

Digger wrote:

The 3M weatherstrip adhesive works well but is difficult to work with.

That's a fact.

Quote:

I used Marine Goop on mine before it got too bad. Has been holding for years.

Marine Goop is cheap, easy to work with, waterproof, and UV resistant.

IHTH!

Never noticed the stuff before, but checked it out through Google. I use lots of different types of glues and sealants for different things I work on. I'm gonna have to check this stuff out.