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18-04-06, 10:22 AM
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Minging swingarm - What will get it clean?
The swingarm on my SV is looking tatty - it appears to be water stained with a sort of discolouration effect from the top of the swing arm to the bottom, it having had something run down it (rain water?). The discolouration is white. I tried a light polishing on it the other day but it didn't do anything to it at all. It looks quite tatty on an otherwise good looking bike.
What should I use to at least make the arm all one colour? (preferably silver, and I won't mind polishing it....) Thanks in advance Hoodlum |
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18-04-06, 11:24 AM
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This has happened to mine too. I'm convinced it was done by something I put on the chain, possibly to clean it, though I really don't know what it was or when it happened. Polishing will be hard work as it's painted - hence the reason for the 'stains' - a solvent has attacked the paint.
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18-04-06, 11:57 AM
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I'd been told it's anodised- don't know if that's true or not, it's either anodised or very thin paint though looking at the marks on mine (which are actual damage and not stains at all
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18-04-06, 01:15 PM
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Chazzyb - That's exactly what it looks like has happened; some sort of solvent causing the damage to the arm.
Shouldn't it polish out? |
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18-04-06, 01:27 PM
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Scotchbright & Autosol
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18-04-06, 02:51 PM
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Got white swing arm rash too, will give a go at getting it off some time this week, again it lets down the rest of the bike. If anyone has success let me know the magic ingredient.
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18-04-06, 03:55 PM
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I remember using it when I worked in a machine shop, to polish bare metal and metal that had been on a surface grinder. Does the swingarm have a 'coating' (for want of a better word) on it? |
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18-04-06, 04:12 PM
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wd40, or brake cleaner
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18-04-06, 10:38 PM
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Haven't owned an SV yet, but i'm told the battery fluid can boil over and run down the swingarm casuing corrsion, if the electric is faulty and frying the battery!
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19-04-06, 12:31 AM
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this white stain happens to alot of bikes,
not sure what it is though. |
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