Make your old nuts like new!

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Make your old nuts like new!

Postby Copper » Sun Apr 07, 2013 4:56 pm

Hi,

Had my bike in bits last week and was going to replace the standard rusty bolts with stainless, however, as stainless torx fasteners weren't available locally and I was in a hurry I bought a spray paint called ZG90. I soaked the old bolts in Phosphoric acid (Wonder Wheels is the same stuff) which removed the rust (and any remaining (zinc?) plating). Then I stuck them upright by pushing them into a cardboard box, gave them a good spray the balanced them on end and finished off spraying them.

All the bolts look like new now!

Jon
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Postby tanneman » Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:49 pm

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Postby Copper » Sun Apr 07, 2013 8:25 pm

Sorry way to busy for the convoluted method of uploading pictures to this site you'll just have to take my word for it and use your imagination.

Jon
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Postby Blackal » Mon Apr 08, 2013 4:02 am

Didn't someone else on here - post a photo his nuts poking through a sheet of cardboard? :shock:

Might have been Dai or Nick.............

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Postby McBoxer » Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:13 am

Blackal wrote:Didn't someone else on here - post a photo his nuts poking through a sheet of cardboard? :shock:

Might have been Dai or Nick.............

Al :)


I posted something similar a while back. Not on here, but on one of those 'specialist' websites. I'm surprised you saw it...........

Took me ages to get the bloody paint off, mind :lol:
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Postby conkerman » Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:44 am

Not interested unless there is marmite and a spaniel involved!
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Postby Dai wiskers » Mon Apr 08, 2013 1:27 pm

Blackal wrote:Didn't someone else on here - post a photo his nuts poking through a sheet of cardboard? :shock:

Might have been Dai or Nick.............

Al :)


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Postby South_Oz » Mon Apr 08, 2013 11:23 pm

I repainted an RZ Yamaha recently and used the same method. (with pics)

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Postby Nookiebear » Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:38 am

conkerman wrote:Not interested unless there is marmite and a spaniel involved!


I tried the marmite and staffie option, but found crunchy peanut butter worked better and the wife preferred the taste as well. :D
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Postby Copper » Tue Apr 09, 2013 4:21 pm

Hi,

Yes thats pretty much what mine looked like, thanks.

And I thought I'd invented the cardboard box method!

The guts at Motorworx have said stainless on the calipers is a BAD idea so will be using the same method to restore the bolts on those when I get around to it.

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Postby Gromit » Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:35 pm

Copper wrote:
The guts at Motorworx have said stainless on the calipers is a BAD idea so will be using the same method to restore the bolts on those when I get around to it.

Jon


Interesting, considering they sell (or did sell as I bought one) a kit which contains stainless caliper bolts. :?
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Postby Copper » Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:59 pm

Hi,

That should read the Guys not Guts!

He said that the calipers with m8 bolts are too thin but m10 are ok.

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Postby Hayden » Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:27 am

South_Oz wrote:I repainted an RZ Yamaha recently and used the same method. (with pics)

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These look good, but how come the paint isn`t damaged when you tighten everything back up?....
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Postby Daveg2812 » Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:02 pm

Hayden wrote: These look good, but how come the paint isn`t damaged when you tighten everything back up?....


Exactly my thoughts as I was reading this. :?
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Postby boxerscott » Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:10 pm

I was wondering about that too :?
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