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I have broken half of a locking tab on my Edge 1030.
After discussion on the french side of microco.sm, I have been told that the locking tabs are probably made of ABS or an ABS/PC mix.
I've thus been recommended, following the tables on p.21 and 41 of this document, either Loctite 401 for ABS or Loctite 770 for PC. They're both cyanoacrylate, so possibly too brittle, but the advantage is that they would be liquid enough to slip in the crack.
Loctite 380 might be a bit better regarding brittleness as it has some elasticity (though still a cyanoacrylate), but the bonding strength is ~5 times lower.
A friend has also suggested simply completely replacing the back cover (as they can be found for around ~20€ on ebay), but, as that would mean breaking the seal around the screen, I'm worried about water ingress.
This is what I use for "long distance" stuff, Paris is very rainy and the Edge design isn't particularly weather resistant by default (the screen being slightly recessed into the body, the seal is doing all the work), so I fear it might die on me during a ride.
Has anyone on here tried one of these successfully or has a better understanding than I do about bonding plastics?
(I would like to avoid solutions like DogEars, however functional they may be, as they feel too bodgy for my taste, esp since I've only broken half of a tab.)