| Author | Message | ||
     Hodakaguy |
Since I removed the inner fender from my S1 the swingarm has been getting chipped up from rocks sticking to the tire and hitting the top front of the swingarm. After thinking of different ways to prevent this I took a piece of stainless steel plate and made a protector that fits on the swingarm right in front of the tire, I gave it a quick polish (not to high of a shine) and then used automotive trim tape to hold it on the swingarm. It should work great, it looks better than chipped up paint. What other ideas have people came up with to cure the same problem? Hodakaguy    | ||
| Djkaplan |
Cool. How did you form that? | ||
| Hodakaguy |
I cut and bent the strip that goes on the curve of the swingarm, then cut the top plate and welded them together. Then I just blended the two together to make it look like one piece. I made a pattern first out of a thick paper and then transfered it to the stainless. Hodakaguy | ||
| Bomber |
Guy -- I was thinkin you'd really done a primo job of shrinkin that alloy plate! pic of the same kinda thing coming soon in a report on This Ol Buell (made a plate to protect the swingarm and the oil bag -- lots of spooge on the road round here) | ||
| Road_thing |
That looks real sharp. I'd like to do the same thing--can you weld stainless with an O-A rig? rt | ||
| Ara |
Thing, I think you need an inert gas envelope (TIG or MIG) to weld stainless, iron, and aluminum. Russ | ||
| Hodakaguy |
You have a couple options with stainless. You really need a purge to weld it or it will sugar while your welding it. I've never seen stainless welded with and O-A setup, it may be possible with a special flux rod but I've never seen it done. This is also to thin of metal to stick weld. If you don't have access to a Tig or Mig machine you can silver solder it together. Make sure you get a high purity silver solder sold in flat rods, you will have to heat it very hot to solder it together but it will hold super strong. (Don't use the little rolls of silver solder sold at the hardware store, it won't be near as strong). Hope this helps. Hodakaguy (Message edited by hodakaguy on April 07, 2005) | ||
| Road_thing |
Thanks, gents. That silver solder sounds like the way to go--can you suggest a source? Do I need a special flux as well? rt | ||
| Hodakaguy |
You can pick up silver solder at most welding supply shops. It depends on the type of silver solder that you buy, some are self fluxing and others need flux. Just tell them at the supply store what your doing with it and they should set you right up with the correct solder and flux. Make sure whatever your are soldering is super clean! Use some emery cloth and lightly sand the edges that you want to solder. Hope this helps, post some pics when you get it done. Hodakaguy | ||
| Road_thing |
Thanks, Tom, will do. rt ...just what I need, ANOTHER project... |
