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Painting begins!!!
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Painting, getting there! Just a few more areas to do...it looks supper glossy here as it wasn't fully dried, that dissipates after a few hours by the heaters.
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i used the eastwoods high temp paint in universal aluminum with activator, it goes on well and holds up with the heat! It's good at taking knocks as well...doesn't chip easily! I actually did my 850glz with the same paint last year, check out my website for more images of that bike
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Good Times
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Looks really good!
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growler
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I'm a newbie when it comes to painting. How do you select what bolts, etc to tape off and what ones to paint over?
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Steve's right, its not ideal to paint over the bolts, so I serviced the motor as much as I could before painting...and if I need to get at any off them afterwards...the paint doesn't really chip or look bad. If it does, I usually just polish the bolt on a buffer...which sometimes looks better if I have enough of them to do. But there are a lot of areas I did mask...the oil pan bolts, tach, breather cover and the side covers all have new allen type bolts that ill use...and pretty much every bolt on the underside of the motor that are hard to get to when its on the bike. I Hope that helps...
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Higgibaby
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Got some more work done on the motor...new bolts, gaskets, new stator put in...and got it all back together. Did a fluid test and it seems ok right now, nothing spewing out but I'll hold my breath until she's running.
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Higgibaby
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Did just run into a snag, any idea how to rethread this exhaust screw hole?? I just put the bolts in 1 by 1 and I remember this one was hard to get out, and now won't go back in...doh!
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not yet, I'm afraid that I will tap the wrong size for the bolt that I need to use...
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Good Times
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Motor is looking great!
Tapping it with the right size tap is the first move. Then if it's completely stripped you can go helicoil or timesert. Timesert is the most permanent fix.
Tapping it with the right size tap is the first move. Then if it's completely stripped you can go helicoil or timesert. Timesert is the most permanent fix.
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Higgibaby
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thanks GT, I think I have a tap set somewhere that I can try tomorrow...not ultimately confident about tapping this part of the motor, sends shivers over me...
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Thanks charlie G
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8 x 1.25 tap. Chased all of mine with the engine in the frame, that was entertaining.
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Higgibaby
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Thanks that helps a lot, I'll re tap tomorrow...sorry to hear you had to do that in frame!! That's tough...
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So the tap worked well, the bolt is a little looser that it was but it threads ok...I was thinking of thread locking it, but that may cause more issues down the line. But thanks for the tips everyone...I will be taking images tomorrow of the motor, as she is all finished! Just ready to go in the frame....
