BMW 7 Owners & Service Manuals

BMW 7 Series: Notes On Adhesive K2

IMPORTANT: Note the following information before starting to apply adhesive!

  • Country-specific safety and industrial safety regulations
  • Material safety data sheet of manufacturer
  • Processing instructions on glue cartridge

Storage

Dry at 15º-25ºC.

Shelf life

The glue cartridge is marked with a date.

Do not use the adhesive after this date.

Surface pre-treatment

See vehicle-specific repair instructions

Required cartridge gun

CARTRIDGE GUN 81 43 2 159 881/883

Body
Fig. 27: Identifying Cartridge Gun Speed Control

  1. Speed Control

IMPORTANT: Set speed control (1) to interval stage 3 to prevent overloading the cartridge gun.

Preparing the glue cartridge

Opened glue cartridges may be used again before the expiry date as long as a new mixing tube is used.

The working temperature of glue cartridge must be at least 20ºC.

Working life of adhesive is approx. 20 minutes.

IMPORTANT: At working temperatures above 30ºC, the working life of the adhesive is reduced to 10 minutes!

Insert glue cartridge into cartridge gun, remove cap and allow both adhesive components to emerge. Strip adhesive components uniformly and attach mixing tube. Only use mixing tubes supplied with glue cartridge.

Approx. Allow approx. 10 cm of mixed adhesive to emerge and then apply the mixed adhesive first on one side of the bonding surface.

Adhesive application

Read the vehicle-specific repair instructions to determine the thickness and positioning of the adhesive bead.

After applying the adhesive, check whether an adhesive component has emerged at the back of the glue cartridge. If yes, break off the bonding procedure. Clean new part. Use new glue cartridge. Contact national hotline.

Remove contamination caused by adhesive residue immediately.

Hardened adhesive can only be removed mechanically.

Hardening time

See vehicle-specific repair instructions

Disposal of adhesive

Hardened adhesive is disposed of as normal waste.

Empty glue cartridges are disposed of as normal waste.

Non-hardened adhesives and mixtures of adhesive and solvent and the like must be disposed of as hazardous waste.

These regulations apply to the Federal Republic of Germany.

For other countries, comply with the (possibly differing) nationally applicable regulations.

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