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How great these bikes can look.

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by mlwistrom, Jul 3, 2015.

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  1. EarMachine

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    What did you do to strip them? Out of curiosity.
    -EM
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Personaly I'd make plates to cover the mounting holes and put decals over the plates. The original emblems are hard to come by in good condition. It'd be a shame to strip a set of good ones just to change the color.
     
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    I sanded the gold flake off. I never liked the gold flake to begin with. Easy when they were 30 yrs old...
     
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    IMG_20140720_131025017_HDR1.jpg I wish I'd filled them or left a bracket for the old round badge tuning forks
     
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    All allen head cap and cover screws...nice!

    Gary H.
     
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    Huh?
     
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    MattiThundrrr Not a guru

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    Old Eagle-Eyes noticed that your carb and valve cover screws have been upgraded to hex. Sharp observations, Gary!
     
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    Ahhh... Yes, I did the orig screws are junk
     
    dmccoach, Jul 7, 2015
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    Sorry about resurrecting this old post but I have to comment how pleasing it is to see this xj all cleaned, polished and with new allen head bolts
     
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    I want new Allen head bolts now!
     
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    I've been doing that too... whenever I need to change a boogered bolt or screw, change all that size ones to stainless.
    I should get a buffing wheel to actually start doing the covers themselves I guess...
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Only because ham-fisted mechanics think they are Phillips screws, when they aren't.
    Nearly every Japanese bike or car I've worked on had the screw heads stripped out for the want of a JIS screwdriver.
     
    k-moe, Sep 14, 2017
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    Stumplifter and cgutz like this.
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    JIS screwdriver is the key. The cheesy screwdrivers in OEM toolkit work better than my expensive phillips. I've still changed a lot to hex head stainless screws/bolts.
     
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    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Oh, I have too, but allen-drive fasteners have their faults as well.
     
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    The biggest fault is those dinkey little "L" shaped wrenches. Gawd I hate those things.
     
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