Broken Handle on Auger

[mjhowe]

Have a Strikemaster Mag2000 with the "Zytel" handle system. Anyone have any experience with repairing this material? Its broken right at the base of the engine, where it begins. Regular old epoxy? Drill it and pin it? Other type of Adhesive?

Thanks

[TTfromBlaine]

For a ""temporary"" repair I would just use some good epoxy,make sure you really rough up the surface along the sides of the handles for a couple of inches either side of the break then maybe put a heat lamp on the repair till its cured then give it an extra day. but before you start call strikemaster in Big Lake Minn, they could probably have you a new one in less time than it takes to cure epoxy and for about as much as youre gonna spend in time and materials

[kslipsinker]

I would use Gorilla glue. It is a ureathene that fills gaps better. I would advise clamping after applying the glue. It will squeeeze out a bit right before it completely drys. It takes 24 hours to cure.

[upnorth]

get a new handle. The only time this is going to break on you is when you have driven 100 miles and are out in the middle of nowhere and you have the only auger in site.

[cold one sd]

I would like to know how it got broken since I have always read that the material they are made of is tougher than steel.

[BIG DS]

Give Strikemaster a call. I would bet that they will send you out a new handle for next to nothing. They stand behind their product 100% and then some.

[mjhowe]

Oh, I know Strikemaster will make it right...And the fact that it will only break when I am in the boonies with no other option has convinced me to get a new handle.

I NOTICED it was broken when the throttle started sticking as I was drilling a hole...I was pulling it out of the hole and trying to hit the kill switch...I dropped it on the "ice"...actually about 10" of slush and water I was standing in/on. Im really not sure if it broke while drilling, thus the sticky throttle...or when I dropped it. I cant believe landing in that soft soft snow and slush would have broken it...