550 F2 started!

[Laverdaroo]

Hi Roo.
If the kitchen junk draw fix doesn't work, I have a complete #3 body. It's not as blingy as yours though but you could sort that out.

Nice one Julie, I’ll have a fiddle with this brass fitting that’s coming to see if I can make it fit with a bit of ‘nannying’ but if that fails which it probably will, what sort of dosh would need to be slithered across your palm to secure it?


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[Laverdaroo]

Hi Roo.
If the kitchen junk draw fix doesn't work, I have a complete #3 body. It's not as blingy as yours though but you could sort that out.

Nice one Julie, I’ll have a fiddle with this brass fitting that’s coming to see if I can make it fit with a bit of ‘nannying’ but if that fails which it probably will, what sort of dosh would need to be slithered across your palm to secure it?


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[Nurse Julie]

Hi Roo.
If the kitchen junk draw fix doesn't work, I have a complete #3 body. It's not as blingy as yours though but you could sort that out.

Nice one Julie, I’ll have a fiddle with this brass fitting that’s coming to see if I can make it fit with a bit of ‘nannying’ but if that fails which it probably will, what sort of dosh would need to be slithered across your palm to secure it?


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I've sent you an email Roo with some pics.

[Laverdaroo]

Those carbs are coming on a treat Roo.
You must be younger than me to have two builds on the go!
There are lots of aquarium fittings on e-bay with some choice in diameters as well.

no, not really. Well I am but dont feel it at the minute Ted, this working outside is doing me in!

I'm only playing with the carbs as there' so much to do on them and trying to get ahead whilst I wait for a couple of finishing off bits for 'Chewy'

[Laverdaroo]

Evening all,

Quick substance question.

This part of my carb assembly is rather shagged out and I’m lucky enough to discover that not 10 miles from the burrow door, there resides a chrome plater and refinisher, wicked…..who knew?

Doug Taylor Metal Refinishers

Banwell, western-super-mud

Anyway, as they’re close I think I might trundle down and get this rather worse for wear rod re done. Question is, what finish is it, is it Nickel plate?

Just so I know what to ask for, yer know

That would be harder than chrome, right? Or is there something more hard wearing that I could  enquire about?


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[Sesman]

Hi, Roo.

I’m sure somebody more knowledgeable will be along in a minute, but my understanding is that the original finish was chrome. I believe most either leave well alone part from a good polish with steel wool and 2000grade emery or have it hard chromed by the likes of philpotts. Personally I’ll be polishing the feck out of mine then a light spray with lacquer.

[K2-K6]

Precision spindles are usually chromed then ground to give final dimension to fit.

Nickel not generally used as final finish (maybe "undercoat" ) on these bikes. Ordinarily would be more of a brassy look on Nickel plating for reference.

[Laverdaroo]

mmmm, all sounding terribly expensive but I'm not leaving it like that. Might have a quiet fettle on a bit tmrw eve and see what it comes up like with a view to doing all of it.
Thanks fella's..


I bloody hate polishing n all

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Have you tried evaporust on the shaft?
Not sure if the rust is where it is visible but it will look better after a couple of days in soak.

[Oddjob]

There is a theory the spindle were hard chromed but seeing how they rust etc it's not looking likely. My experience of hard chrome is that it's virtually indestructible, had my fork stanchions done years ago now and they are totally unmarked after many thousands of miles. I had mine hard chromed, cost me £22.50. Maybe Philpotts could help out.  Mine was done at Dynasurf in Sandbach. Normal bright chrome isn't recommended, I suspect it wouldn't fit afterwards, even my hard chromed one was a tight fit. Plus I'd imagine it would rust pretty quick.

[Laverdaroo]

There is a theory the spindle were hard chromed but seeing how they rust etc it's not looking likely. My experience of hard chrome is that it's virtually indestructible, had my fork stanchions done years ago now and they are totally unmarked after many thousands of miles. I had mine hard chromed, cost me £22.50. Maybe Philpotts could help out.  Mine was done at Dynasurf in Sandbach. Normal bright chrome isn't recommended, I suspect it wouldn't fit afterwards, even my hard chromed one was a tight fit. Plus I'd imagine it would rust pretty quick.

That's why I was asking Ken I thought I might have heard it was hard chromed but I'm such an air head these days I couldnt remember where I'd read that.

I'll give Philpotts a call I think, hopefully they might be able to sort it so that it fits once done. Cheers for all the info mind, it's very much appreciated.

[Laverdaroo]

Have you tried evaporust on the shaft?
Not sure if the rust is where it is visible but it will look better after a couple of days in soak.

 I havent Ted, I dont use it. I've heard mixed results tbh and tend to use other nastier fluids to strip things. I'm going to go at it with the wire wheel later to get it back to smooth at least and then probably send it off to someone that might be able to fettle it
for me externally.

[Laverdaroo]

Spent the best part of 6 hours in the shed yesterday plating all the gubbins and tranklements for the 550 carbs so I can start to bob them all back together with just the main chunk of the holding bar to finish off but to reduce the pile of twiddly bits is a good thing so I’m going to crack on. In between decorating and faffing about doing Christmas jobs, I’ll endeavour to get some more done.

I’ve polished the granny out of the balance bar and it’s come up reasonably well but I’m still going to have a run out tmrw on the VFR as the last ride of the year to the platers to see if they can suggest anything.

Onwards though, which is great


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