| Author | Message | ||
     Rum_runner |
Could someone tell me from start to finish how to & what to use to polish a swingarm. I just bought a '00 M2 swingarm for th S1. | ||
| Bake |
Sandpaper is the way to go, start with the coarsest paper that you need and move to finer grits till you get to 1200 or 1800 (if you can get it) try autobody shops. After that is poishing wheels and rouges, then comes the hand polish with your favorite product, like Mothers. It's a dirty, nasty job but looks awesome when finished, as a plus it keeps you busy repolishing once or twice a year to keep up the luster. | ||
| Chasespeed |
Rum... you ready? Materials; Paint remover/stripper 220grit 320 400 800 1200 Polishing compound Buffing Wheel and buffer Note, I usually buy the sandpaper by the roll, which varies in cost from 18bux for the 320(100 sheets 6" da), to 50 bux for 1200...so, your costs may/will vary First, you need to get some sort of stripper, for the swing arms, there The Hal Strip(something like that), at O'Riellys works great... coat it well, and remove the coating. Next, you will need alot of sandpaper. start with the 220, and smooth the surface down., then work your way up to the 1200 You can also use a 1500 wet-sand, which we have found DOES add a little bit more luster... there is one more thing, that we recently stumbled onto, that makes a world of difference with duller aluminum like the Buells of Yamaha.. but, if you really wanna know that, i will tell you in a PM...     That is prior to being re finished.. wasnt happy with this particular swing arm, fought every step of the way... BUT..u get the idea... I am sure I can find some step by step photos... I will look Chase | ||
| Chasespeed |
BTW, polished doenst photograph well either... Chase | ||
| Rum_runner |
Chase i sent you a Pm. and got another question im at work so i can't measure mine but do you know the length on the handle bar grips. Im getting ready to order a set but i see the have different lengths. | ||
| Easy_rider |
Aaomy did a nice post some time back. I always have a hard time finding it using polish and swingarm -- but his pet Igor inspected the work. Gets me there every time! http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/476 23/114002.html | ||
| Ceejay |
Rum-you won't need the paint stripper-I already did that, it has also been sanded with 220 then 320, then steel wool-I didn't want it to be shiney so I didn't go any further than that. For the most part you shouldn't have to do a lot more work, I just put a decent polish on my primary cover last week(previously had the same treatment as the swingarm) in about an hour using 600, 800 and then mothers and a rag, but it also still isn't as shiney as chase's swingarm. Hope that helps... | ||
| Victory |
So in less than 5 minutes this had both sides bubbled off. Scraped off too. Best place is the industrial website. They have a min order amount so I bought too of these for around $50 bucks. They are worth every penny. I will be using a ceramic wheel coating to protect the polished finish. This is your secret weapon to remove base gaskets too.  (Message edited by victory on August 12, 2022) |
