26-03-12, 01:11 AM
I have just stripped one & also had my wheels powder coated. They are fairly straight forward to take apart. I left the forks & front wheel in until the death so it remained upright on the centre stand whilst I removed everything else. Engine needs to come out in order to remove the air box which I thought was hilarious! You can leave the front sprocket on if you're worried about disturbing it. Just means the chain will stay with the engine when you drop it out.
Budget an extra 50 quid on top of powder coating for wheel bearings front & back. The old rear roller bearing will need to be cut out using a dremel or die grinder. New one needs to be pressed in or drawn/pulled in with a length of all thread & suitable large washers or sockets. Good luck removing your discs without chewing up the chocolate bolts. They are held in with thread lock & a real pain to get out. You may need to replace them when/if you get them out. If you can paint or know someone who can then obvioulsy bearings can just be masked off.
I might be tempted to leave it all until the winter if I were you as one job nearly always leads to three others & it ends up taking you much, much longer than anticipated. :'(
Good luck with it.
Budget an extra 50 quid on top of powder coating for wheel bearings front & back. The old rear roller bearing will need to be cut out using a dremel or die grinder. New one needs to be pressed in or drawn/pulled in with a length of all thread & suitable large washers or sockets. Good luck removing your discs without chewing up the chocolate bolts. They are held in with thread lock & a real pain to get out. You may need to replace them when/if you get them out. If you can paint or know someone who can then obvioulsy bearings can just be masked off.
I might be tempted to leave it all until the winter if I were you as one job nearly always leads to three others & it ends up taking you much, much longer than anticipated. :'(
Good luck with it.