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Old 01-22-2019, 03:16 PM   #1
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Re: Where can I find this part??

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Maybe I am typing it in wrong, but I can not seem to find this air flap anywhere online. Mine is split all the way down the middle so basically it is useless.

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Clean it very well and plastic weld it. A lot of these plastic parts are unavailable and the only way to fix the problem is repair the part. Find the compatible plastic and weld it in. It's probably PP plastic, but could be something else. Start viewing YouTube videos on plastic welding to get a good idea of what's needed. Sometimes just a simple soldering iron with the correct tip will do the job. I repaired a radiator shroud on the '97 K2500 I have with this technique.
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Old 01-22-2019, 05:23 PM   #2
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Re: Where can I find this part??

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Clean it very well and plastic weld it. A lot of these plastic parts are unavailable and the only way to fix the problem is repair the part. Find the compatible plastic and weld it in. It's probably PP plastic, but could be something else. Start viewing YouTube videos on plastic welding to get a good idea of what's needed. Sometimes just a simple soldering iron with the correct tip will do the job. I repaired a radiator shroud on the '97 K2500 I have with this technique.
This was my first thought actually, just to plastic weld it back together. But I was thinking how that section still needed movement and maybe welding it would restrict the movement of the flap making it useless. Maybe I stitch weld it and use silicon in between which will allow it to flex.

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