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1971 CB500K0 Resto 3/71 VIN 1000896
Rozabikes Tim:
Seems expensive when you consider raw material costs unless you have access to them already / needing a lot? Or is it simply far superior to off the peg stuff
Being of Yorkshire extraction I'm sure you will have considered the economy of the process!:-P;-)
Tim
Tim
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: rozabikes on December 12, 2015, 07:43:45 AM ---Seems expensive when you consider raw material costs unless you have access to them already / needing a lot? Or is it simply far superior to off the peg stuff
Being of Yorkshire extraction I'm sure you will have considered the economy of the process!:-P;-)
Tim
Tim
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Hmm .. it is expensive but it's for 500ml of the stuff...plus I have a trade account and delivery is free. Compare this with how many tubes of Araldite in there and cost in B&Q. Plus it's industrial strength stuff NOT Araldite and it is the dogs as far as bonding is concerned you can use it all over the place. Been using it for over 30 years in my job. If anybody want's a bit for a side panel repair I will gladly donate a bit plus postage. The other thing is ..how much for a replacement panel plus dreaded postage? Dread to think how much money I have spent in the last 7 years of restoration on delivery charges !!
royhall:
Only just spotted this thread Ash, don't know how I missed it. Took me a while to read through the first four pages but up to speed now.
My 350F forks were rusted at the top same as yours but the working area was perfect. I just cleaned the rust off and treated them with a rust eater/preventer (cant just remember what its called, will check) and put them back together. That's how Honda made them in the first place, chrome was very expensive back then.
The bearing retainers in the wheels are a real pig to get undone, your going to destroy the retainer whatever you do. If you check my 350F thread it shows on there how I got them out. It was basically 3 days of heating them up and blasting with PlusGas whilst still hot, then soaking them again after it cooled. It more or less went on its own after that. But it 'picked up' on its way out, so it was back a bit forwards a bit for ages until it came free. It left the very fine threads in the hub damaged, these had to be cleaned up at the machine shop.
Will be following the thread with interest now I've found it.
Good luck with the build.
mickwinf:
If you damage it when you finally remove it I have a spare you can have
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: mickwinf on December 12, 2015, 10:30:51 AM ---If you damage it when you finally remove it I have a spare you can have
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Cheers Mick .. I will have another go Monday. Have another thought that I could mig weld the bar to the retainer and at the same time get some real heat in there. Just got to be careful I don't melt the alloy though.
cheers Ash
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