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I'll give that a try. Thanks
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Cooking foil and Coca Cola. Not the diet type. Works well on stainless steel. The acid in the coke is the catalyst.
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Harpic power max works a treat
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+10. It's only a quid from Tesco / Sainsbury. Apply it with an old paintbrush, I've used both a brush and a sponge and the brush is WAY more effective. Agitate it a little with the brush, leave for 10 minutes then rinse with water.
Gets all the crud off and leaves a 'brushed stainless' finish which you can then polish with Autosol to make it shiny. |
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I tend to use rear brake to signal I am slowing down, just tap the pedal to alert following vehicles because as you say the engine is doing most of the braking.
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Also for keeping linkages from seizing/corroding and keeping them slick and I'm lazy.I use GT85 lube around all my linkages/levers etc. Best price when on offer Wilkos, https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/gt85-oil...00ml/p/0337625 £3.00 I also use it to re-waterproof my gloves/boots etc(Do outside the house).Stops the stitching rotting as well ![]() I also use my rear brake to stabilize slow speed maneuvering in traffic.
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The Range also do GT85 at a good price pretty much all the time as well as Redex every so often..
https://www.therange.co.uk/search?q=...&page=1&lpp=24 The range also used to sell Wynns clear lube PTFE chain spray at a great price but have not seen it in our local one for a good 12 months or more ![]()
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Used Harpic on my Triumph Dolomite stainless tail pipe yesterday. Worked brilliantly, could have managed with the finish, but used some solvo and now have a very shiny exhaust. 2 quid in Asda well spent.
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I adjusted the brake light switch on my K6 yesterday - an easy enough job that took 5 minutes, but while I was at it I noticed that a layer of crud had accumulated behind the footrest hangers, so I thought I'd take them off and have a good spring clean behind. An easy job I hear you say, and it was until I came to the two allen bolts that attach the master cylinder. The bolt heads seem to be made of brie - and it looked like someone had tried to remove them previously - anyway, the internal hexagons both rounded off... an hour trying to chisel the bolts out bore no fruit, so I ended up drilling the heads off both bolts, which got the assembly apart.
I now had the problem of removing two short steel studs from the aluminium body of the master cylinder - but at least I could get it in the vice on the workbench. One had quite a long stub, so I managed to weld a nut to the top and eventually (after a bit of fire and water and a lot of penetrating oil) it screwed out, but boy was it tight! The other one is still soaking in penetrating oil, I'll try cutting a notch in the top of the stud so I can use a screwdriver on it. Every time I think I have this bike beaten it fights back! Alan |
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Good tools will last a lifetime anyway with a moderate amount of care ( eg. not using a ratchet as a hammer ) and save much more than their purchase price.. win-win
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