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Old 03-25-2010, 07:52 PM
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glad to see that changes worked, Kerry. KNowing that you have a better foundation will help the confidence level as well.
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Old 04-22-2010, 08:23 PM
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Man, this spring has sucked for shop time. Seems like every time I'm getting ready to go to the shop, my wife asks, "What do you have planned for today?"

That's wife code for "I want you to do something..." sigh

Anyway not getting much time makes small steps more significant.

Today I started remounting the tub to the reinforced chassis. the back of the tub had to be removed because the frame kick up is 2" further forward. Now I've got to rebuild the back part in the correct position. The ugly rectangular holes are where I cut access holes so I could put nuts on the studs that hold the rear fender to the B pillar. I'll clean them up.

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It's amazing how much more like a car it looks with nothing more than the firewall and the windshield posts

I've decided once the tub is mounted, I'm going to remove it and slick and paint the frame. I'm being optimistic that it won't have to come back apart again..... maybe.

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Old 04-27-2010, 06:58 PM
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Got all the pieces parts off the chassis today.

Still have some welding to finish up...small things like mounting the left hand gas tank. Then it's grind and prep for paint.

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I weighted the frame. It's 460 lbs which is a lot less than I thought it would be.

I'm also going to clean up the aluminum castings on the suspension. Other than elbow grease, anyone got any suggestions on how to clean it up?
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Old 04-27-2010, 07:25 PM
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Kerry I've had great results from using very fine glass beads (AH) in a bead blast cabinet.

There is Nitric acid used to clean alum. mild form sold for paint prep on car parts.

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Old 04-27-2010, 08:39 PM
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Yea, glass beads is what I used to use on my cycle parts, cases, heads and the like. Works well with aluminum and almost polishes steel...well it leaves a smoother finish on steel than aluminum oxide.

Are the pieces cast or forged, probably forged I'm thinking. My stuff was always cast and beading them left them kind of mat white looking. Forgings should look similar I would think.

If their already clean, some wet sanding and polishing makes them nice, but brings more work down the road to keep them that way.

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X3 on the glass beads. It's expensive, but dang if it doesn't make alloy look beautiful!!
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Old 04-28-2010, 07:31 AM
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I don't really want to take the bearings and bushings out of the suspension so I think any blasting EXCEPT soda blasting would be out...

And I don't have a soda blaster
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And I don't have a soda blaster
Harbor Freight sells one

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Blasting wont hurt the bushings, and it wouldnt be a bad idea to go through and tcheck the bearings. Go ahead and blast it. I use crushed glass, and it works fine on something like that. You arent going to polish them are you?

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Old 06-08-2010, 06:46 PM
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Between some a major home remodel, a summer cold, and various honeydos, not much has been accomplished on the roadster.

However, today I FINALLY got some paint on the frame.

I ended up spraying three coats of Southern Polyurethane black epoxe primer. Barry Kimes says it will hold up fine on a chassis and it has that semi-gloss look I wanted.

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Btw, I got the aluminum suspension pieces cleaned up. On the big parts I used Easy Off and a pressure washer to clean the gun and grime off. Then I simply brushed them with a fiber paint stripper in a drill and they shined up to a nice semi shine.

These are the dogbones (rear 4 link).

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Hopefully, I'll start reassembly on the suspension tomorrow.
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