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My biggest suggestions are to use a hand full of hardware to get the scrubbing action, about a quart of acid at a time, do lots of shaking, and the biggest part, FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THE SHAKING!
Oh and figure out what you are going to do with all the acid after you finish before hand. Acid and the acid water from rinsing, I ended up with about 4 gallons of liquid that was still extremely acidic.
not really any use to you now but just something i used to do with vw fuel tanks.... same thing as you but instead of shaking it. strap it inside of a cement mixer. rolls over nice and frees you up to do something else.
2011 Triumph Rocket 3 Roadster (Totalled)
2008 Triumph Rocket 3 Standard.
1977 gl1000 cafe project for my brother
1993 xr250l 280 kit
1968 Husqvarna 250t Commando (Needs a lot of work. been sitting outside since 1971)
My biggest suggestions are to use a hand full of hardware to get the scrubbing action, about a quart of acid at a time, do lots of shaking, and the biggest part, FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THE SHAKING!
Oh and figure out what you are going to do with all the acid after you finish before hand. Acid and the acid water from rinsing, I ended up with about 4 gallons of liquid that was still extremely acidic.
not really any use to you now but just something i used to do with vw fuel tanks.... same thing as you but instead of shaking it. strap it inside of a cement mixer. rolls over nice and frees you up to do something else.
That's a great Idea... but cement mixer isn't all that high up on my tool wish list. I had thought about it though. But transmission jack is working its way closer to the top! I'm thinking one of the many motorcycle lifts I have should work for getting a trans out of my truck.
1975 GL1000
99 Valkyrie, Super Valk, Supercharged and Fuel Injected
99 Valkyrie Interstate, Stock
92 Vmax Mostly Stock
97 Valkyrie Supercharged and fuel injected.
2004 VTX 1300C
Antique Dynojet Dynamometer
I got my Lesters on Friday. They were pretty beat, but that wasn't a surprise to me, the seller sent detailed pics.
I spent today refurbishing them. I plan on Powder coating the centers and keeping the rim polished Aluminum.
Though is was a ton of work they turned out pretty nice. I wanted to make use of the old bearings to spin them to polish, before I powder coated.
They were $300 shipped, and shipping cost the seller $100. So I still feel pretty good about them. The brake discs look like new.
The rig
Before
After
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1975 GL1000
99 Valkyrie, Super Valk, Supercharged and Fuel Injected
99 Valkyrie Interstate, Stock
92 Vmax Mostly Stock
97 Valkyrie Supercharged and fuel injected.
2004 VTX 1300C
Antique Dynojet Dynamometer
bonneblktrk wrote:Ingenious with the drill press and v-belt.
V belt would have been nice! I didn't want to spend the cash on a V Belt so I used a piece of fuel hose I had in my "bin O hose". I super glued a piece of threaded bolt as a connector.
It worked fine.
When we moved to this house one of my Son's friends that helped move, us picked up a bin labeled "fuel hose" and said "no one has 40 pounds of fuel hose" he opened the bin to take a look and said "I stand corrected"
1975 GL1000
99 Valkyrie, Super Valk, Supercharged and Fuel Injected
99 Valkyrie Interstate, Stock
92 Vmax Mostly Stock
97 Valkyrie Supercharged and fuel injected.
2004 VTX 1300C
Antique Dynojet Dynamometer
I will have to try that method for polishing mine.... great idea!
-Rodger- all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you haveGandalf "One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers "it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
Like I don't have anything more important to do... I wanted to see what my paint looked like so I refurbished my valve cover badges.
I used a syringe and mixed up some of the urethane paint I bought for the tins.
It's "hugger orange" it looks red in the pics but it is orange.
Gotta figure out how I'm going to powder coat the wheels, they won't fit in my Craigs List oven... might just have to build a bigger oven.
1975 GL1000
99 Valkyrie, Super Valk, Supercharged and Fuel Injected
99 Valkyrie Interstate, Stock
92 Vmax Mostly Stock
97 Valkyrie Supercharged and fuel injected.
2004 VTX 1300C
Antique Dynojet Dynamometer
Nice work and good method if you were to ask me. Does the syringe clean up fine for use on another day, or does you or your spouse work in the medical industry?
Proud member of the NGW Cartel (Rochester MI)
1977 GL1000 BADDOG (April 2012 BOTM)
1976 LTD - '993 LTD...and so it begins'
You should remember that it's peace of mind you're after and not just fixing the machine. R.Pirsig
Fred Camper wrote:Nice work and good method if you were to ask me. Does the syringe clean up fine for use on another day, or does you or your spouse work in the medical industry?
Got it at the feed store down the road for $1.35. It survived the painting, but when I tried to clean it the rubber stopped swelled up. I bought a few. can't go wrong for a $1.35.
1975 GL1000
99 Valkyrie, Super Valk, Supercharged and Fuel Injected
99 Valkyrie Interstate, Stock
92 Vmax Mostly Stock
97 Valkyrie Supercharged and fuel injected.
2004 VTX 1300C
Antique Dynojet Dynamometer
another great idea (espcially since I have access to syringes) I had thought about powder coating my lesters, but worried about the rubber fittings in the rear wheel
-Rodger- all it takes for evil to prosper is the want of a few good men to do nothing-Edmund Burke The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you haveGandalf "One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers "it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
78 constantly modified/customized since 1978, BOTM June 2015 de-evolving this very moment viewtopic.php?f=30&t=65511
76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
Nice job on the valve cover badges. I had a friend who took the door off of his shop oven, and built an extension out of some high temp insulation. It made it big enough so he could get a good sized motorcycle frame in it for powder-coat baking. He added a fan from a convection oven to get the hot air moving about, and put an addition BBQ temp gauge in the front section to keep track of the temperature in the new section. It did not look very pretty, but it did work well.
1976 LTD, Being Returned to Stock
Standard 1976 GL1000 Being Morphed into the Alberta Super Clipper
Well, it took way longer than i thought to get back to this. I built a bigger Powder coating oven, and a booth to shoot in. Between that and two family vacations...
But, anyway,
Here is my latest attempt at two tone PC.
Next I'm on to the brakes calipers and brackets. I figure I'll practice on everything else before I tackle the wheels.
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1975 GL1000
99 Valkyrie, Super Valk, Supercharged and Fuel Injected
99 Valkyrie Interstate, Stock
92 Vmax Mostly Stock
97 Valkyrie Supercharged and fuel injected.
2004 VTX 1300C
Antique Dynojet Dynamometer
I had thought about it though. But transmission jack is working its way closer to the top! I'm thinking one of the many motorcycle lifts I have should work for getting a trans out of my truck.
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