gerd2003 Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 Where I work we recently put in a powder coating system and I was thinking of tearing the shee down and doing the frame, a-arms, swing arm...do I need any special tools to do this? Also...when taking it apart do you have to replace all the bearings and bushings with new or can you use the old ones again? Quote
racer Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 (edited) i can think of two special tool needed to do this. one is something what CEj makes, or you can do yourself to reomve a funky retainer nut under the steerin stem. youll understand when you get there. the other is the biggest f'in hammer you can come across. you need it to remove the swingarm bolt. its a bitch to remove. i just did mine, like 15 minutes ago. i had to cut mine out with an angle grinder and a cutting wheel. but the perks to a PC job is that you can remove all kinds of little tabs you no longer use. ones like the tors box bracket and so on. for a full list go down on this page a little until you see a thread that i started entitled "PCing the frame" it tells you what a i removed and filled in. for anymore ?'s PM me, if all goes well ill have mine in the PC shop tomorrow. as for the bushings, im goin to replace all of my swingarm bearings, but that it so far. most of my others were pretty good. Edited October 21, 2004 by therail Quote
99screaminshee Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 are u runnin stock a arms if so DO ATTEMPT TO POWDERCOAT THEM they have a plastic bushing in the balljoint that will melt and then the arm will be junk ive seen lots of em melt when people say ill take my chances also do urself a favor replace the axel swingarm shock linkage steering stem a arm bearings and bushings that way u dont have to do it a week after u put it back together saves time Quote
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