PowderFX Custom Coatings in Winnipeg came through for us, and combined an incredibly quick turn-around with some awesome work. Mr. S was in the big city for a 2 day conference, and dropped the sandblasted parts off Thursday afternoon, and then loaded them in his car Friday for the trip home! Big thanks go out to Rob, who also donated the work to our project. The link to his website is on the right... be sure to check it out, and give him a call for your powder coating needs!
This is how things sat at the start of our most recent rebuild session.
New bronze swing arm bushings installed. Thankfully PowderFX had the proper plugs to prevent any powder from getting "inside" the pivot shaft. Removing powder coat from bearing or contact surfaces is very difficult and time-consuming... however these popped in quite easily.
Rebuilt foot pegs. New rubber bushings for the frame mount, and new rubber footpads. The rivet removed by students earlier has been replaced with a nice nickel-plated m8 Allen bolt, with a nylon lock nut on the other end. Brake stay rod can be seen to the right.
Where we left it... next step before mounting shocks or the front forks is to carefully install the engine into the frame. Need to make sure that we don't chip, gouge, or scratch the nice red powder coat on install. You can see the upper bearing race installed... we need to check in with Celtic Machining to see if they have had a chance to complete the front brake caliper bracket...
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