Worth saving? - Suspension arms...

[bikerdude666]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

Nope, I paint as far inside as I can with angled paint brushes, and this is the messy part of the job Derrick, I thin the paint, block off the holes in the arm with a combination of masking tape and plasticine, and swill it around inside...........

It's effective, do the inside before painting the final coats on the outside though

Brian

That sounds like a job for one of the kids! Ok, I'll add that to my ever growing list of jobs. You can bet I'll miss a hole and pour it all down myself, but I'll give it a go. Would you recommend its best to cover the bush at the end of the arm during shot blasting and painting, or not worth the effort? I remember years ago someone on a bike forum had his wheels shot blasted before repainting, unfortunately the shot blasting made the hole for the bearings too big and the wheel was scrap!

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by bikerdude666

That sounds like a job for one of the kids! Ok, I'll add that to my ever growing list of jobs. You can bet I'll miss a hole and pour it all down myself, but I'll give it a go. Would you recommend its best to cover the bush at the end of the arm during shot blasting and painting, or not worth the effort? I remember years ago someone on a bike forum had his wheels shot blasted before repainting, unfortunately the shot blasting made the hole for the bearings too big and the wheel was scrap!

The bushes will be fine Derrick, as I say I've not bothered with the last couple and they were fine

Brian

[DMGRS]

If you do need the bushes, we have them here:
https://www.dmgrs.co.uk/products/r75...0-genuine-mg-1

Looks like an excellent job

[marinabrian]

Originally Posted by DMGRS

If you do need the bushes, we have them here:
https://www.dmgrs.co.uk/products/r75...0-genuine-mg-1

Looks like an excellent job

I would be interested to see what the outside diameter of these bushes are, any chance of measuring one with a vernier?

Brian

[DMGRS]

Originally Posted by marinabrian

I would be interested to see what the outside diameter of these bushes are, any chance of measuring one with a vernier?

Brian

I'll ask Scott to measure them up - but I know our current calipers are only accurate to 0.1mm; the fancy ones suffered an untimely death due to some unfortunately placed heavy boxes...