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My CB550 K3 Restore Project
heli_madken:
My next target is to get the bike on its wheels so I have started ordering bits and getting everything apart, cleaned and ready.
The existing rims are DID and I had hoped to rescue them, the surfaces where badly scratched from tyre iron use and very heavily corroded but I had considered getting them chromed. However when I took the tyres off the PO had used half a roll of duct tape instead of rim tape and as a result water had collected inside the wheel underneath the tape and both rims where almost rusted through. So I have new rims and spokes on order from Central wheel. You can see how bad the front wheel is in the photo below -
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With the spokes removed I could remove the old bearings and do my usual polishing. The retainer was well and truly corroded into place but I was able to get it out by drilling a couple of holes and prying it out with an old wood chisel - The hub was very badly pitted but I was able to get it presentable with the use of wet and dry and lots of elbow grease. Pleased to have got it to this stage from what it was in the picture above. I can fit the new bearings and seal now -
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The rear hub is also going to be a challenge! -
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The headlamp ears have me perplexed, both are very badly corroded -
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I can get them presentable with some very heavy polishing -
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But the back is a dead loss. Both of them have some damage which you can see towards the headlamp mount which will be very difficult to repair due to the double skin nature of the parts so I am a bit reluctant to get them chromed.
Looked for a while for some replacements in better condition but so far no luck, CMS have one side new but there isnt much point buying just one especially for the price.
I guess I could polish the fronts and spray the inner side with something, perhaps silver or try to find a decent chrome spray, any ideas?
Kelly E:
Soak those rusted parts in EvapoRust. I have used it on worse stuff than that and they came out rust free. Then polish and wax to keep the rust from coming back.
paul G:
Could you not get them brazed up and then polish the braze before chroming.
Would be very difficult to see that position when they were fitted.
Regards,
Bryanj:
That is less than normal corrosion in that place
heli_madken:
Thanks for your help, I guess the best thing to do would be to take them to a plater for advice, can anyone recommend one in the north west?
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