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Offline minkyhead

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water pump corrosion sorted
« on: October 11, 2009, 15:42:38 »
I'm all out of warranty   so  I thought id  sort  the water pump s on the vee and wee  ..I thougt id give them a go in situ  and if it went  naff  take them of  and start again       
        using a dremmel and  some  mini wire bruches     tales all the crap  back to the metal and provides a very smooth base to paint   

         slow the dremmel down and you can blend the paint covering into the bare metal ...finish with fine wire wool 
also on the paint  ...

   halfords  matt engine paint   spreads very smothly   and dries in 10mins ..it has a  kind of matt  satin finish    ..use a couple of fine artists  brushes and the over all finish is  pretty good      ..better than the  furry stuff abyway  ...   <!-- s:thumb: -->:thumb:<!-- s:thumb: -->
   a pretty  easy and cheap  solution 
 
By minkyhead, shot with Canon PowerShot SX200 IS at 2009-10-11

By minkyhead, shot with Canon PowerShot SX200 IS at 2009-10-11

By minkyhead, shot with Canon PowerShot SX200 IS at 2009-10-11
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By minkyhead, shot with Canon PowerShot SX200 IS at 2009-10-11
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By minkyhead, shot with Canon PowerShot SX200 IS at 2009-10-11
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Offline V-Strom-Mark

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2009, 16:12:02 »
That looks great.   :thumb:
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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2009, 16:30:06 »
Nice job  :thumb:
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Offline coopmick

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2009, 16:37:50 »
A very nice job :thumb:
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Offline dogpuf

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2009, 17:18:16 »
I like it

Thanks for the methodology - I'll have a go with mine
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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2009, 19:59:04 »
Looks much better than the original colour......Nice job :thumb:
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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2009, 21:46:14 »
Nice job- you must have a lot of patience! The thing that really pees me off about all the bikes I've owned- Jap, Italian and German is how crap the finish is. It all looks OK when new but ride the bike through the winter and even if you really work at keeping it good it always seems to deteriorate terribly. You hear people say that Hondas are best or Beemers hold up well etc etc. but none of them are good at all. If cars went the same way they would loose sales very quickly- remember the wonderful Alfasud- almost broke the company! We just seem to be happy to accept the fact that bikes have crap and very short lived finishes, which in this day and age is not acceptable! Rant over....
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Offline minkyhead

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2009, 22:28:56 »
Quote from: "hookie"
Nice job- you must have a lot of patience! The thing that really pees me off about all the bikes I've owned- Jap, Italian and German is how crap the finish is. It all looks OK when new but ride the bike through the winter and even if you really work at keeping it good it always seems to deteriorate terribly. You hear people say that Hondas are best or Beemers hold up well etc etc. but none of them are good at all. If cars went the same way they would loose sales very quickly- remember the wonderful Alfasud- almost broke the company! We just seem to be happy to accept the fact that bikes have crap and very short lived finishes, which in this day and age is not acceptable! Rant over....
  with u on that hookie        
but in fainess to the   vee and wee       ..the only  blemish is the  pump on both bikes    
and alittle on the disks  inside  edge   they have clocked up 55k   between them    so I can't really complain  
        preperation and painting   two coats  took me about  an hour for each  bike     :grin:
 its not as bad a s it  may  sound     .... :thumb:
   but  your right if tghis was a car  it would  have 5 years on the rust  /corrosion     ###    .....Hello ho     :bawl:
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Offline KLV-Rider

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2009, 14:27:01 »
Great job!
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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2009, 10:18:39 »
Really most impressive, Minky. I suppose we should wait until after winter to judge but a hand applied coat of paint is nice & thick so it'll probably be no problem at all.
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Offline jonH

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2009, 08:58:54 »
that's a nice piece of work  :thumb:  :thumb:  :thumb:
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Offline MR TiGGer

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2009, 18:31:33 »
Hammerite Silver 'Smoothrite' is also the same colour and theoretically should do the same job. Not tried it on the engine casing but on a bit of the rear rack.
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Offline thebigcheese

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2012, 22:09:37 »
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Hammerite Silver 'Smoothrite'

is this the colour of the engine casing on the vee as well, I'm sure all vstroms have the same silver coulour on the clutch casing.
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Offline LaKraven

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2012, 22:19:59 »
I still say that, for the relatively low cost of having it done, it's better to get the thing powdercoated  :)
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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2012, 22:27:06 »
for a proper job I agree. however would have to pay the garage to remove the clutch casing, sandblast it, powercoat it, new clutch gasket etc. lots of £££££'s
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Offline LaKraven

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2012, 23:48:44 »
Quote from: "thebigcheese"
for a proper job I agree. however would have to pay the garage to remove the clutch casing, sandblast it, powercoat it, new clutch gasket etc. lots of £££££'s

Got a few spanners/sockets? Remove the damn thing yourself! It's one of the easiest jobs in the world, and will save you £££'s!
Getting it powdercoated should cost you less than £100 and you'll never need to worry about it again (long term savings)
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Offline greywolf

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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2012, 23:57:12 »
When mine corroded, I got a new one for around that cost.
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Re: water pump corrosion sorted
« Reply #17 on: October 09, 2012, 00:39:15 »
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When mine corroded, I got a new one for around that cost.

Yes, and then it corrodes again. Just powdercoat it and within the time it takes for one to corrode from new it's paid for itself :P
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