What have you done with your Series 2 in February ?

[simonbav]

Morning all,

I made a job of my first visor yesterday, tacking a hem in place with superglue before enclosing the visor in the leatherette and gluing it, ostensibly ahead of running it under the sewing machine. However,  the notches I cut to eliminate bunching at the corners isn't the look I'm after.

I've plenty of leatherette left so does anyone have any ideas on achieving a better edge without increasing the corner radius?

TIA.

[Talullah]

In my experience I would not cut the leatherette point of the v on the curve. I would try 8-10mm further away from your required curve as the leatherette stretches and gives as does leather. Play around withe the distance until you get a perfect curve as it is dependant on the radius of the curve. I have also used industrial strength double sided tape which comes in very handy for fixing down material.

[simonbav]

Thankyou Talullah, I have some tape. I'll give that a go 

[Talullah]

Make sure it is the industrial type as the general stuff is not quite up to it long term....I use this tape: Tesa 4965 High Temperature Adhesive Tape 50mm x 50m. It comes in different widths.

[simonbav]

Thanks T. I've bought some at 10mm wide which will be ideal

[Mike T]

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[Littlelegs]

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[BigLee]

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[Eskvalleyboy]

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[Peter Holden]

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Peter

[diffwhine]

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[Gareth]

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Just noticed, I need to wire lock the tappet bolts.

[diffwhine]

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Amazing how many components are in an FW2 motor. No wonder they last so long and are as tough as they come.

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[Countryview]

Crikey, that is an awful lot of components for such a small unit! Great to see laid out like that as one of mine is sticking a bit so crack I need to do soon as well and is a good reference!

[diffwhine]

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Anybody who has removed a TDI front cover with 2 sheared water pump p gasket bolts will know why I decided to do this instead...