Make sure that all the loose paint is off the old handles, I gave mine a good scraping with a blade. Then I degreased the handle with some brake cleaner, put a thin line of PU Flex Sealer Adhesive in between the sticky strips and carefully pressed them in to place.
I think that they recommended the use of silicone to glue the covers on, but I had the PU Flex kicking about and its 10 times stronger than silicone. If you've got to go and get some I'd suggest some silicon based No Nails type glue. The degrease bit is just belt and braces, to make sure that it all sticks, you could use meths, alcohol, or lighter fluid. And you don't have to go nuts with the scraping, if the paint doesn't want to come off with a blade, it should stay there when you've glued the cover on. And lastly be gentle with the handles for 24 hours!! Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!
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