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I cracked and broke the two plastic mounts on the upper portion of the headlight assy. I've tried to search, but I keep getting an error code. I found the replacement on RMATV (Part# 23005-5050-6W) and it's about $100.

Is there an inexpensive way to just replace the plastic housing piece that broke and not the entire assembly?


Dude

used off ebay or buy an aftermarket (UFO, Acerbis, etc.)

The stock headlight shrouds are expensive.

Thank you sir, I'll look on ebay first. Is there one or the other (between the UFO/Acerbis/Polisport) that KDXrider.net folks like better?


Dude

ebay KLX knockoff
40 bucks shipped



(stock on the right)

Have you tried to epoxy the mounts back together? My youngest beat up the CRF230 shrouds pretty good and I had to epoxy the lower mounts back on. It's held for 2 years now. One of his headlight mounts on the KDX is just about to need epoxied, so I will go that route first.

Fitterman24 wrote:Have you tried to epoxy the mounts back together? My youngest beat up the CRF230 shrouds pretty good and I had to epoxy the lower mounts back on. It's held for 2 years now. One of his headlight mounts on the KDX is just about to need epoxied, so I will go that route first.

Funny you say that, I was just looking at the broken mounts thinking, "I wonder if there is a way to rig this up so that it still works, and doesn't look too bad."

For the price of some epoxy, I'm going to give it a, shot.

Dude

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If your talking about the 2 vertical oriantated plastic tabs that the front plate can pivot on. I broke the off mine and tried loctite, epoxy , silicon and finally plastic pvc glue which all pretty much failed. I finally tried a hot glue and it has lasted longer than all the rest. When / if this hot glue fails I will plastic weld them back on.

koshari wrote:If your talking about the 2 vertical oriantated plastic tabs that the front plate can pivot on. I broke the off mine and tried loctite, epoxy , silicon and finally plastic pvc glue which all pretty much failed. I finally tried a hot glue and it has lasted longer than all the rest. When / if this hot glue fails I will plastic weld them back on.

Those are the tabs I speak of! For now they're zip tied to whats left of either side of the tabs. Seems to be holding pretty solid. I figure it's probably good for this season, and I can use the 50 bucks on fuel.

Nothing seems to improve my riding skill/ability so much as running fuel through the carb and putting in hours on the bike.

Dude

plastic welder will work great you can buy one for about 30.00

if you are not too concerned with looks you can get a little piece of angle iron and just drill a hole in there and use that to replace the tab
I did that with my woods bike, just drilled a few small holes right through the headlight shroud and bolted it straight to it

looks like a hackjob but works like a charm

diymirage wrote:ebay KLX knockoff
40 bucks shipped



(stock on the right)

ABSOLUTELY THRILLED you posted this pic!!! I'm restoring my old KDX and really was considering the KLX style light. I think it looks great! Now I know what to get!!

good deal Brize

start a thread in the members bike section so we can follow your progress

I broke the tabs on the headlight shroud on my 2004. I used drywall tape and shoe goo to reinforce them. Holding fine so far and there is a little flex to move around a bit.