Starting a strip down

Going home to drian the bike of fluds and start a compleate strip down and rebuild. Getting the frame powder-coated so going take my time to strip replace and rebuild.

I have seen some good tips in here like bag and tag all the nuts and bolts. Photogragh her as I strip so I can put back. Has anyone got more good tips that can only come from experiance that you would like to share?

 

I am currently undertaking the same project. I, like you have been reading all the great tips. One thing that I am doing that may help you is, I bought a rally big roll of 'painter's plastic' It's the kind of stuff they put down on the floor shen they are painting walls, it's really thin.

I'm wrapping each cleaned and completed part in this plastic and labeling it, and then placing it with like items. The plastic should keep the moisture and dirt out while I go through the rest of the process. Also, it keeps things nice and neat!

So far it's working for me. hopefully it can help you!

=)

 

Use lots of blue (Low Tac) tape, it will come off of the parts without residue later. Purchase and use rubber plugs and plastic caps for holes and ports to keep crud from entering important assemblies. ZipLoc Zipper baggies are great with greasy hands. Use a Permanent Ink (Sharpie) pen when marking baggies. Have a bucket of solvent/detergent handy and wash parts before you put them in the baggies, makes for easy identification and susequent handling. Wear rubber gloves when performing these activities, keeps you from mussing up your skin. Have a large selection of smaller boxes handy to put all of your baggies into. Don't overload them. Tape flags and lables on each cable end as you remove the harness.
Oh yes, take LOTS of pictures (redundant but so true!).

 

Just an FYI...
The zip-lock freezer bags are alot thicker than the regular sandwich bags if you are using them for small parts, nuts and bolts.
I use them for storing small things in my tool pouch and saddlebags with no problem with them tearing open. The cheaper sandwich bags seem to wear holes in them too easy.
They also make larger size bags for storing clothing, so you can fill them full and remove all the air to compress the clothing in a smaller space. It really made a difference when we started to use them for our 2 week trips every year. We are able to take twice as much stuff along now. I just sit on the bags to get the air out before zipping them shut and they work great!

 

If I were you, I would stock pile a few cans of break cleaner and a bottle or two of concentrated simplegreen. You WILL need them, as you will have a ton of dirty parts that need cleaning.


Good Luck

 

very true, i too am involved in the same project. when i started i got WAY ahead of myself and now i'm kicking myself now. i don't have a garage so it's all done outside, the first day i tore the motor out and striped the frame down. now i have all the parts and hardware all over the plywood under the bike. Oops. thank god i took pics right? Oh wait, i didn't. Crap! At least i have a good manual with man good pics in it. :-\

 

I went to staples(ofice supply) & bought a box of those little tag thingies..

Extremely helpful when tearing into stuf...
rich

 

I have my "Tear-Down" boxes that haven't seen any action, lately ... and,, I hope to keep it that way!

They're like "Russian Dolls"

Little boxes that fit inside each other and the lids stact ... the little boxes stack in Medium boxes ... some large and four big boxes that they all get stored in.

When their all out and filled and all over the place ... it looks like a RubberMaid Factory Outlet Store ...

Which ... is where most of the boxes came from, in the first place!

 

Thanks guys lots of good tips that I can relate to. Keep them coming.

Blue the only thing I can say is get yourself a copy of the XJCD. I did and it is an essential. Well worth the $10 Let every one know how you are getting on with your project as well.

 

My bike is have way done. Strip down that is, not yet putting it together.

 

Thanks kenbo, I'll look into getting that. I was going to a while back but then i was reading from a lot of people on here that it was taking months to get.

 

Another useful "Tool" and worth their weight in GOLD ... is a set of Electrician's Cable Marking Stickers"

They come with two matching-number strips ... to tear-off and wrap around wires and/or connectors ... making the job of figuring-out what the wire is and goes-to very easy when you reinstall the wiring harness and begin hooking-up the electrics again.

Plus, in these days of digital photography ... with the ease of snapping a hundred pictures and looking at them for free. I'd "Go Nuts" taking pictures of the whole project.

Having a nice color photo you can enlarge and print on plain paper sure beats the confusion of the "Exploded drawing" that sometimes defies you to figure-out how Part-A fits with Part-B.

With a nice Digital Photograph ... "You won't know -- in COLOR!" : )

 

Rick good idea never thought of the cable markers.

Blue I also was a bit put off with all that bad talk in the froum about the disks, but I only came across it after I had send off the money order. I dealt with Mr Dwayne Verhey (I/C international orders) and with-in about 9 days of sending money out I had confirmation that the disks were on their way and about 8 days later they arived safe and sound through the door.

To be honest at work I spent about £150 on a two disk training pack for the electrical teory that I teach and I think the £11 odds (that inludes charges for my money order) that I spent on the XJCDs was far better value. If the profit from the disks are put into running this site I would quite happy to pay a bit more.

You only ever hear the bad stories first never the good ones. Whos name do you remember first, the trouble maker, or the kid at the back of the room who never does anything wrong?

Go for it send off for the CD it is worth the money 10C$ = £4.76 aprox.Here we can hardly get a Gallon of fuel for that

 

Let me be the first to clear the air about the XJCD. The issues I had with my purchase are by no means business as usual as most folks here can attest. Call it a special case but by in large the orders get filled very rapidly and the price cannot be beat!

 

I always put an old towel or blanket under the bike when I'm tinkering, then when you drop that small nut or washer it won't roll for miles. The hours I've spent looking for small bits that have dropped on the floor and rolled away!!!!!

Faighaigh

 

Good Idea, I should have done that. I lost a small piece last week.
I know I won't find that again, with my wife being a clean freak. That piece is sucked up and gone by now. Yes, she cleans my garage.