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A Warning About Powdercoating, Unprovoked Lecture Time |
McMark |
Dec 8 2007, 11:57 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
All you powdercoaters... a warning.
Powdercoating is THICK. If you're sending a pile of parts out for some nice coating or getting a nice set of wheels refinished, you need to be careful of the various areas that have tight tolerances. For example, a lot of factory wheels (especially late model 911 wheels) have a hubcentric ring that centers the wheel. If this area get powdercoated it will not fit on hubcentric hubs. Seen it happen. Anyway, avoid a hassle, identify areas to not be powdercoated before handing your stuff over. Coating shops won't know what's what. Can you tell I ran into this issue today.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
McMark |
Dec 9 2007, 01:47 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Disassemble and bead blast. Just like everything else. There is a cir-clip that holds the 'hook' on. I'm not so sure about the handle part. That's a good time to weld and redrill the pivot hole as well. Most times they are ovallized.
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neo914-6 |
Dec 9 2007, 02:08 AM
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neo life Group: Members Posts: 5,086 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Willow Glen (San Jose) Member No.: 159 |
Disassemble and bead blast. Just like everything else. There is a cir-clip that holds the 'hook' on. I'm not so sure about the handle part. That's a good time to weld and redrill the pivot hole as well. Most times they are ovallized. I've pc'd mine and am still trying to find a double spring and strong circlip. OSH parts did not last and neither did the ones on the sets that I purchased "restored". The coating may be masked at the pivot hook depending on it's position. I don't see an easy way of removing and reinstalling this part. I'm not a big fan of pcing after dealing with all the tolerances and threaded issues. Plus I found it's not as chip or scratch proof as I expected... |
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