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Clubroom => Tech Talk => Topic started by: Ken 737 on January 01, 2014, 03:01:28 pm
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Hi guys,
My RM fix-up has quite pitted fork legs. How do you restore them?
I appreciate all of your help. As a bike mechanic I am a great scientist :)
Cheers
Ken
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They need to be machined then re chromed this is not just show chrome its a hard chrome . Depending on which state your from there are a few who do it . Iain
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Assuming you're talking upper fork legs?
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Legs are bottom, tubes are top
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Legs are bottom, tubes are top
Hence my question to clarify
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Was talking to Ken
Happy New Year Hairdo
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How do you know he's not talking about re-anodising the lowers?
Happy New Year to you, get some hair for xmas?
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Wet and Dry of various grades
Use WD40 etc as the lubricant
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How do you know he's not talking about re-anodising the lowers?
Happy New Year to you, get some hair for xmas?
Hair of the dog is what I needed ;D
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You're not Robinson Crusoe. I'm going to have a go at spending my beer money on bikes for a couple of months.
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Two pots a week.....pffft
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It'll buy me some fork seals maybe?
Anyway we have digressed, as far as the forks are concerned if the uppers are pitted there are mobs like Rad Hard Chrome in brissy who will machine and rechrome them, if the lowers are bashed about, you can sand and then polish them yourself or have them re-anodised if you want to spend the coin.
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I prefer using a lathe with green scotch bright pads on slow speed or you can achieve the same affect on a bench grinder with a scotch bright pad.
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Thanks guys. I was referring to the lower fork legs. I will try the wet and dry with WD40 lube.
Cheers
Ken
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Start coarse
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Hi Ken,
Try brushing on liquid Drano, or some other caustic cleaner like oven cleaner or the like. Scrub with steel wool (wear gloves). When you can feel the steel wool dragging, you have scrubbed through the anodized layer. Another sign is the drano fizzing as soon as it is brushed on. Rinse with water, neutralize with some vinegar or similar, rinse again - then start polishing!
I've done two fork legs within an hour this way. Much quicker than trying to sand off anodizing
Cheers,
Geoff
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are we talking sliders or legs here?
sliders being the bits that slide up and down with the seals in them
the legs are the chromed bits that bolt to the bike. ive never seen them anodised.
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Pardon my ignorance but what fork legs [lower] have anodising on them?....I have only ever seen painted [whatever colour] and clear coated ones [usually turns a yellowish colour after many years....no UV additive in the el cheapo paint].