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Painting Clutch Casing advice - gel - 06-03-12
The winter has taken its toll on my 2002 FZS 1000, the clutch housing has allot of blistered paint and some has come off. I have ordered some paint, primer and Lacquer from RS and I was wondering is it possible to spray it while on the bike or should I take it off? Also does anyone know a good sprayer in the West Midlands that could spray it over if I provide the paint?
Re: Painting Clutch Casing advice - PieEater - 07-03-12
You'll regret it if you dont take the cover off as you'll end up with overspray on the rest of the bike. I spray painted some bits 4ft away from my bike and found overspray on it that the wind had carried.
Re: Painting Clutch Casing advice - bludclot - 07-03-12
you are stuck between a rock and a hard place if you want someone else to paint it... as said it needs to be off the bike. but then you won't be able to take the bike to the painters to make sure that the colour is a good match to the other bits around it.
i know you say you've bought paint from rs but the engine and casings are not lacquered! so have you bought pots or aerosols? (i've assumed you're trying to match the rest of the engine, not colour contrast your casing.)
assuming you have somewhere suitable to paint this piece you'll be needing wet'n'dry - say some 240 (if it's bad) then 400 to smooth your casing. use plenty of water. then a skim of p38 if necessary, then more sanding. then an aerosol (assuming you don't have a compresser and gun). i strongly suggest painting a sample of card (or similar) with the paint you've purchased to see what kind of match it is. there's more than one good colour match available, personally i use simoniz aluminium engine silver, £5 from ecp. it's a good match and weather and heat resistant.
lastly you'll need a gasket for re-fitting. you might get away with re-using the current gasket, but if you bolt it back together and it leaks you'll regret not spending £4 on a new one. you can either take the cover off with the bike on the side stand and suffer a small amount of oil loss or the oil will have to be drained to allow clean removal, then you may as well change the filter while you're at it.
very lastly i could paint it and post it back to you, not for much but not for free either.
alternatively take the bike as it is to a painter and be prepared to wait for it and write a cheque when you pick it up.
hth. ramble over.
Re: Painting Clutch Casing advice - gel - 07-03-12
Thanks for the feedback, I was going to pray it in the garage (warm and dry and no wind). How difficult is it to refit the clutch cover as I have been told the clutch actuator arm is difficult to refit. There is no pitting in the casing to I am hoping I will not need the P38. I have bought aerosols, so possibly a mistake, oh well! so do I need a primer?
thanks once again
Re: Painting Clutch Casing advice - bludclot - 09-03-12
painting in a garage should be fine, so long as it's not too dusty. a clear out, good sweep and ceiling paint (if applicable)normally leaves a good dust free painting atmosphere. (an annual task for me.) if dust is a problem try painting under a suspended board and/or put some water on the floor an hour before painting to settle any dust.
re-fitting the clutch cover is not difficult, a small torch, the haynes manual advice and a bit of patience sees the arm line up with the puller. the trick (for me at least) seems to be to have the pulling arm recess pointing forwards and up slightly, the cover arm pointing forwards and out slightly, push the cover nearly in place, shine a torch down the filler hole to ensure the puller is going to engage to the cover hole and then pull the actuator arm outwards slightly while pushing the cover home.
in the posts above i've assumed a silver casing and engine. (it might be black) the simoniz paint claims not to need primer but i tend to use it anyway. personally i would prime any area that has been sanded, particularly if it's down to ally. (which it will be.) don't worry about heat, the clutch cover doesn't get particularly hot (relatively) and any standard primer will bake on with the heat nicely. the bonus with primer is that, once applied, it will show up any areas that need more work i.e. sanding and/or filling before colour is applied. primer/filler is wonderful stuff at this stage, the pro-xl range is terrific stuff, i've had no joy with the u-pol range.
if there's any vehicles in the same garage as any painting then they need to be dust sheeted over. over-spray goes a surprisingly long way in every direction! i don't need to advise a (ffp2 minimum) mask do i?