How to preserve a Prestige Tour 600 suspension grip collar that is still intact (for now)?

[wedge]

I've picked up a PT 600 that amazingly has the collar still intact, though it does have a couple of cracks in it which are getting worse just from me looking at it.

I'd love to be able to preserve this part, just because I appreciate that it's made it this far. But I'm unsure what the options might be (or even if there are any).

I'm tempted to gorilla glue the existing beginning cracks, and just paint over the entire collar with like a nail polish clear coat, or anything clear that leaves a hard, shiny coat. But I have no experience with anything like this, I've done plenty of other smaller repairs but not a suspension grip collar.

Any thoughts?

 

[vsbabolat]

I've picked up a PT 600 that amazingly has the collar still intact, though it does have a couple of cracks in it which are getting worse just from me looking at it.

I'd love to be able to preserve this part, just because I appreciate that it's made it this far. But I'm unsure what the options might be (or even if there are any).

I'm tempted to gorilla glue the existing beginning cracks, and just paint over the entire collar with like a nail polish clear coat, or anything clear that leaves a hard, shiny coat. But I have no experience with anything like this, I've done plenty of other smaller repairs but not a suspension grip collar.

Any thoughts?

I don’t know wedge? Eventually the rubber dries out and crumbles. It’s like old tennis shoes from the 80’s and 90’s that used polyurethane midsoles. They eventually dry out and disintegrate.

 

[esgee48]

Auto detailing stuff like Rubber Renue or Rubber Restorer? Do not use ArmourAll. The auto detailing stuff is suppose to be pretty good. But the decision to use is entirely up to you. Just know that it will not repair cracks in the existing collar. I also do not recommend clear coating/sealing the surface.

 

[Grafil Injection]

A viable target for 3-D printing a replacement?