Gonna try powder coating some parts tomorrow with my handy dandy Craftsman Powder Coater...

[Stone Cold]

Originally Posted by 8-Ball

It was a blast... You do good work, Russ... I had no idea you caught all that... and the important stuff too... like the only working is Doug...

Except when I was removing the hardware on my bike, he kinda was...

[route66paul]

Originally Posted by Q-Dog

I didn't see any pictures of Russ on your link, Mike.


...just sayin'....

Originally Posted by 8-Ball

He's camera shy...

It is that witless protection thing.

Originally Posted by route66paul

It is that witless protection thing.

witless

[CDouthitt]

Good job on this...

31 parts powder coated so far.... got 20 to go before I can put it back together... I shoulda counted before I started...

[dynageno]

All dinky parts too huh?!

Originally Posted by dynageno

All dinky parts too huh?!

toaster oven... just sayin'...

Will you do mine next?

Come on out... we'll do it together... you prep, I'll spray can cook...

[darrell]

Mike, serious question here,

Did the powdercoating affect the head sizes of the bolts?

For example, if they were a 1/2" hex head bolt, after you powder coated them, did the 1/2" wrench now seem too tight to fit the head of the bolt?

I ask because it looks like the coat is thick and could throw a 1/2" head to a 14mm

Just wonderin'

Oh, looks great by the way

Originally Posted by darrell

Mike, serious question here,

Did the powdercoating affect the head sizes of the bolts?

For example, if they were a 1/2" hex head bolt, after you powder coated them, did the 1/2" wrench now seem too tight to fit the head of the bolt?

I ask because it looks like the coat is thick and could throw a 1/2" head to a 14mm

Just wonderin'

Oh, looks great by the way

Thanks...

Well... no and I'm not sure....

I did all four shock bolts, lock washers and washers and the same socket fit fine... plenty of room left. In fact, I made a little discovery. I was a little leery of messing up the finish like I did with the painted bolts, so I took one of those plastic grocery store recycle bags, tore off a small square and placed it over the bolt before applying the socket... no problem with fit and the socket didn't tear the bag material... I'm thinking it might be a good practice with powder coated bolts and nuts.

I also did the nuts and washers on the fenders at the struts. I used a crescent to get it off and after powder coating, none of the SAE sockets seemed to fit. It may be metric... I didn't check... just put them back on with the crescent.

I didn't have any problem with the sockets fitting the bolts I used to assemble the three brackets between the muffler and the exhaust either (same size before and after).

So now I'm thinking of coating the two bolts above and below the swingarm pivot cap. Can I take those out one at a time, coat them, and put them back without screwing up the alignment?

A larger oven would sure simplify the process... can only do a few parts at a time in the toaster oven.

I'm very impressed with the quick release brackets I did this afternoon...

Tomorrow the saddlebag brackets and those spring things that the bags clip to... some washers and that will be it for this go around.

[dynageno]

Just use your kitchen oven, Mary will never know!

[Sidecar Doug]

The parts look good Mike. I wouldn't mind getting one of them powder coating guns.