Today was a good day in the shed, planned on painting my triple clamps and tapping the front hub for the CBR discs.
Heres a cheeky before pic:
First up I made a makeshift spray booth, booth is a little optimistic as it was essentially just a sheet hung against my garage door. I hung some wire and made sure I could hang the triples ready for painting:
Wasn't sure how I should prep the clamps for paint do I decided to whack them in the sandblasting cabinet for a quick once over to key them for paint:
Next up I masked the inside of the fork clamps and lower stem surface:
Swivel suggested case paint so I bought a can of this in satin black:
2 light coats and then a slightly wetter one (as per the instructions) and I am loving the end result, hope it doesn't flake or chip:
I've left them hanging for tonight then will bake in the BBQ tomorrow on 120c to cure the paint, anyone know for how long???
The other job for today was to drill and tap my front hub to accept the CBR discs and spacers PJ made for me. I bought this during the week:
First I marked the hub with a punch:
Then drilled the hub and cracked out the tap:
It worked out ok and after some minor fiddling I got it all working perfectly. The end result: