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Offline wato

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powder coated hubs
« on: October 05, 2021, 06:04:17 am »
Recently powder coated hubs on 83 xr 500.Do I need to strip coating where disk and sprocket are seated.

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Re: powder coated hubs
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2021, 04:15:20 am »
Probably a good idea to strip carefully the contact faces
some powder coating is so thick you wont get the sprocket / disc to fit without stripping anyway
to prevent corrosion maybe put a little copper grease on the faces

Offline Momus

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Re: powder coated hubs
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2021, 05:19:45 pm »
Strip it 100%.

That area should be masked.
If you love it, lube it.

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Re: powder coated hubs
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2021, 07:36:35 pm »
I powder coated a pair of hubs years ago.
I masked the sprocket and disc mounting surfaces but found the powder coating cracked and flaked away where the spokes pulled against the mounting holes in the hub.
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Re: powder coated hubs
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2021, 08:05:15 pm »
Thanks for replies .Will strip

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Re: powder coated hubs
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2021, 12:20:19 pm »
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