Easy job for a cold n rainy day!!
G'day All,
Yes as Ian has said 'You do have to remove the seat rails', they are generally corroded (electrolysis) mainly because the seat rails and the aluminium underneath was never coated with paint etc, add moisture & dirt= electrolysis+++, mine was not spared either, thats why I grit blasted those areas + where I couldn't get with my orbital sander.
After I had cleaned them, I wiped with a very small amount of body filler, sanded back smooth, etch prime>> paint DBG.
I have 2 replacement seat rails (outers) the double rows in between the seats are corroded badly as well, so I need 2 replacements for those, seat rails out of a 109 are different (just in case you didn't know) they differ from swb's in the fact that 109 vertical piece is at the end of the rail, swb's are about 20mm (3/4") from the end. If you fit rails from a 109" in a 88" L/R the seat back will foul the clips fitted to the transome to hold crank handle etc,,.
I'm in the process of cleaning all the seat box bolts/washers/spring washers ATM, it's a big job (time consuming & repetetive) running a tap thru the nuts and a die down the bolt, then grit blast..etch prime..paint the undersides of the washers etc flat black, then top coat them in DBG, a nice easy job on a cold wet n lousey day, back to work tomorrow, anyway cheers Dennis:angel::(
ps I had some of those stickers remade about 10 years ago??, I wonder if I have any left, must check tomorrow if I don't forget LOL,,.
A lot of WORK, but not much progress.
G'day All,
Earlier in the week (after work) I spent quite a bit of time cleaning nuts/bolts/washers etc for the seatbox assembly, well they were all etch primed yesterday
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...9;t=1308374707
and the undersides of all them painted Flat Black to reduce the chance of further electrolysis.
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...9;t=1308374707
This morning I mixed a small amount of DBG and sprayed all the nuts/bolts/washers, they were fitted to cardboard to make it easy to handle etc.
I then turned my attention to the outer seat rails, cleaning them with a cup wire brush, then a quick grit blast where needed, then coat the base with DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...9;t=1308374707
and when it was touch dry a coat of DBG to the topside
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...atrails002.jpg
and a few hours later, fit them loosely to the seat box, just to minimise the amount of kit that I have painted just sitting around, I fitted all the bolts as well
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ailsinsitu.jpg
now to find replacements for these items, very badly affected by Electrolysis/rust
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...9;t=1308374707
I might have said before that swb seat bases differ from lwb in the fact that the vertical riser is approx 30mm from the end of the base, anyway I will find 2 good examples somewhere I'm sure, cheers Dennis:angel:
