sredish Posted November 13, 2004 Report Posted November 13, 2004 Do not ever powdercoat the goddamned stem bushing area. It was my choice to tape or not. I stupidly said that I'd put the threaded cap back on and it would be fine. Hell No! Ok, after cussing, manipulating, banging, reaming, cussing some more, I think I have the bushing far enough in to thread the cap on, but it keeps jumping off. I'm thinking it's because of the paint on the lip where the threads start and don't allow it to go ahead and thread on. I've been dicking with this one thing for about 1 and half hours and am going f'cking insane. The tool I have just slips through so I can't put any hard downpressure while I'm turning it. I should've reamed the inside more but I didn't and now the bushing's in there or I'd take it out and work the threads some. So, I guess I'm f'ed! I'm fed up dicking with the one thing tonight and am ready to get mad. My rear shock didn't come yesterday so I couldn't mess with that. Figured I'd get the stem, bars front brakes and rad on. Oh well... is there an image for beating my f'ing head against a wall, oh wait... Quote
brock_fuzzy_69 Posted November 13, 2004 Report Posted November 13, 2004 hey at least those big ass threads arent stripped out i will hafta remember this if i go ahead and get mine powdercoated i forget which guy has that problem was only this week that he posted it Quote
sredish Posted November 14, 2004 Author Report Posted November 14, 2004 (edited) Ahahahahhhhaaa! I had the stupid mofo upside-down. I pulled it out and was putting it in exactly how i had pulled it out. The PC'er must've pulled it out and put it back in upside-down. Ah well, what fun is it if it goes perfectly. I still highly recommend not PC'ing it because of the difficulty of getting the bushings/bearings in due to the tighter tolerances with the paint. I went back after posting that to look at it a bit more and went to try to thread it in by hand and noticed it seemed to be trying to thread much much better. I took it out and looked at it to see why it was different and to clean it up a little more having a tad more hope and noticed that it was upside-down from the previous attempt. So, nonetheless, she's now sitting with the stem in, the bars on, the radiator on, a-arms on and ready to hook the front brakes up. Tomorrow I'll do that and put on the electrical. Later fellas. Edited November 14, 2004 by sredish Quote
DIRTBIKEZ Posted November 14, 2004 Report Posted November 14, 2004 Glad to hear you got it straightened out... I had a little prob with "over-coat" on my swinger but I used this excellent stripper (Rock Miracle) that removes PC fast. Quote
frocashmoney24 Posted November 14, 2004 Report Posted November 14, 2004 , kinda like trying to start your shee without the kill switch in, the lil shit that you dont think about gets to ya! Quote
tats4life Posted November 14, 2004 Report Posted November 14, 2004 jackass........should have been drinkin more beer and you would have got it the first time. Quote
SICK BOY Posted November 14, 2004 Report Posted November 14, 2004 It sucks when you waste a days work tring to do something,and the next day it's like no problem. Quote
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