Jayneflakes
19-10-09, 09:14 AM
Hail to thee Mighty Org, I wish to pick the combined brains of the technical types on here, if I may? :notworthy:
I was giving my K3 Pointy a bit of a clean yesterday after a run out and found to my absolute horror some corrosion on some parts. Shock horror, I live on the coast and can expect a little rust on uncovered steel parts, so have allowed for this in my maintenance regime. I regularly clean and oil the bike, using WD40/GT85/TF20 to cover bolt heads and the like. :safe:
However, some of the chrome coated bolts that are on show are starting to rust slightly, the suspension linkages look manky and even my grab rail has flaky paint in one place and the alloy underneath that is corroding. :(
My bike is low mileage (7000M), garaged and generally is in nice condition, but these small flaws upset me. :smt009
So possible winter project here, strip bike down (how hard can it really be?) and replace bolts with stainless steel. The cheap steel bolts on my my hugger have corroded and the stainless ones that hold on the double screen still look brand new, so I know that Stainless would look nice. \\:D/
Is it possible to buy a stainless bolt kit that has every bolt I will need or will I have to strip it down and replace them as I go? Some of those bolts do look some what specialist, so will I be able to get them from a standard bolt shop do you think? 8-[
I am opposed to using Aluminium bolts due to the low strength and easy damage factor (although I do use them on my mountain bike for almost every low strength application) and cannot afford to use Titanium, so stainless seems a sensible choice, what is the general opinion here? :thumbsup:
Right, off to work fixing mountain bikes. Will check in later and see what seeds of thought the Mighty Org has planted in my fields of study. :smt041
I was giving my K3 Pointy a bit of a clean yesterday after a run out and found to my absolute horror some corrosion on some parts. Shock horror, I live on the coast and can expect a little rust on uncovered steel parts, so have allowed for this in my maintenance regime. I regularly clean and oil the bike, using WD40/GT85/TF20 to cover bolt heads and the like. :safe:
However, some of the chrome coated bolts that are on show are starting to rust slightly, the suspension linkages look manky and even my grab rail has flaky paint in one place and the alloy underneath that is corroding. :(
My bike is low mileage (7000M), garaged and generally is in nice condition, but these small flaws upset me. :smt009
So possible winter project here, strip bike down (how hard can it really be?) and replace bolts with stainless steel. The cheap steel bolts on my my hugger have corroded and the stainless ones that hold on the double screen still look brand new, so I know that Stainless would look nice. \\:D/
Is it possible to buy a stainless bolt kit that has every bolt I will need or will I have to strip it down and replace them as I go? Some of those bolts do look some what specialist, so will I be able to get them from a standard bolt shop do you think? 8-[
I am opposed to using Aluminium bolts due to the low strength and easy damage factor (although I do use them on my mountain bike for almost every low strength application) and cannot afford to use Titanium, so stainless seems a sensible choice, what is the general opinion here? :thumbsup:
Right, off to work fixing mountain bikes. Will check in later and see what seeds of thought the Mighty Org has planted in my fields of study. :smt041