Honda-SOHC

Quote from: Oddjob on November 07, 2022, 11:52:02 PM

Black??? Dark Grey???

No idea what you're referring to Roo. There are no dark grey abrasive discs, dark green as you say is quite abrasive, it has it's uses and I use that colour a LOT. However it can really scrub up the surface. If you got that to shine with a purple you're doing well young grasshopper.

Done a decent job of it Roo, it should shine up nice, the better the surface the quicker it shines up and the better it looks, it's all in the prep, get that right and the rest just falls into place. At this rate I'm going to have some competition. 

Looking at Teds pic, not sure what he's used, marked the surface and it looks like a wire wheel with the swirl marks. Word of advice Ted, remove the brake arm pivot pin and the torque arm bolt at the bottom before you go any further. If they are stuck in (and a lot are, and yours looks like it going to be) you're going to need to work on the plate and you don't want to do that after you've been detailing it.

I've asked max if he can make me a stainless steel torque arm bolt as pictured in your pic, just in case you damage it. They ain't available anywhere so be careful.

The brake is actually missing a small section on the edge, near the rivets.

Well the kit I put up for 7.99 or so has dark grey, dark blue, dark green, dark brown/red, light green, light grey, purple, white in.

On closer inspection this morning innit that chuffed with it, it looks like it’s been sandblasted or hit with a chain so going to start again on it tomorrow. Got things to do today. Another 4 hours I won’t get back

Bloody hate this job, messy, boring and noisey


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You must be colour blind Roo. The kit was made by Wobekuy and if you look at the pics you can see they've actually listed a pic where the brushes are shown in grade order, starting with dark green at the top, the 4th one down I presume you mean is grey but to me it's more of a light blue and isn't that abrasive. Unless of course you bought a kit from somewhere else and they've changed the colours but generally everyone else seems to keep to the dark green as being the most abrasive and the same colours in their kits.

No idea where this black you keep referring to comes from unless of course that's also in the kit you bought. I know I linked you to the Wobekuy kit though when I recommended them so I thought you'd bought that kit.

Try polishing a small area, you can get too carried away trying to get it really smooth and then find the buffing compound will get rid of a lot of stuff. If it doesn't really shine within a few minutes go back onto the brushes.

9.6 x 8mm Erny.

It was Gary123 IIRC, he posted a pic for Roo and there was 2 of them on there. Roo was buying one and I asked about the other.

Post 192 on this thread.

http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,26979.615.html

You can ask both Roo and Gary if one is still available, you never know until you ask.

Sure I've got one of those lying around Ted, I'll have a look.

I did 4 last nite. Just picked it up again as there’s some spots that are Buffera touring out.

Having a ash with a couple of the purple ones to see if Iva get out what I wanted. It’s being a bit stubborn but Muddy Waters is on the radio, kettles on and I’ve even remembered to wear some gloves……….get in


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Purple might be too fine as yet Roo, unless that's done with a red, if not I find red is my favourite one to use, you can finally see it coming on and it gives you that encouragement to continue.

On the brake rivet things, clean them out with a wire brush, metal not brass and I filled them in with black paint to stop them rusting again afterwards. A little forward thinking saves a lot of effort later.

If buying those sets of brushes I'd advise buying at least 2 sets if not more. Sure it racks up quick but you'll find you need the green, blue and red most and whilst they do last they are not indestructible and having spares handy is better than having to stop to order some more.

Plus you'll find doing this kind of stuff gets contagious, you'll be cleaning stuff up you didn't consider before, like de-rusting the gear lever, using the white or light green brush can do this without affecting the chrome too much.  You could also try this, although I haven't tested this theory yet, do the camshaft end caps with a very high numbered abrasive, like purple, just to remove the paint and lacquer, then try and see if scouring the surface with a kitchen scourer leaves a surface you can relacquer. Might work, who knows till someone tries it. If nothing else it will make them look better than dirty old lacquer.


A couple of pics of stuff, to keep you motivated.

Before polishing, just flatted.





Notice the small darkish area halfway up and slightly to the left of centre. That's one of those mysterious marks that appear when you sand away the paint etc, it's some sort of stain or something, it will go if you work hard on it but best to see if the buffing removes it first.
Close up. It's not a dent or a crack, it's not caused by the sanding, it's some sort of casting stain I think.



Not the same float bowl but it was in the same shape as that one, not final polished, just it's initial polish. The final polish will remove some of the very fine marks, hopefully.

There was one for sale last week at that price. Came complete with a very nice 1981 500!

71 surely?