XJ600 engine in xj550 frame.

I have never welded anodized aluminum. Most of my welding was in manufacturing, not repair work. I assume you could sandblast it but if the aluminum is smooth you would also destroy that and have a mat finish.

 

so as Huntchuks states Acetone wont strip anodising....

but if welding mounts on to an alu swingarm, clean down to bare alu beforehand with some chemical that will

 

@tobar the mounts are nearly ready, but my mig throw a wobbler today, the wire feed isn't playing ball-so I need a new on, wire feed that not a new mig.
Would wet and dry paper remove anodising, with the chemical we all have...good old fashioned elbow grease? Just a thought.

I am also preparing a build thread for my Radian/XJ/FJ600 and various Suzuki parts cafe racer/restomod project, more soon.

Cheers Andy

 

Use an angle grinder or die grinder with sandpaper. I think the only thing that can remove an anodize finish is mechanical. Only clean where you will weld.

 

You can take it to a place that does plating/anodising and they can chemically strip it, I had a from rim done on my IT200, took maybe 10-15 minutes

 

@tobar
@50gary
@a100man
@Simmy
@Huntchuks
So as mentioned my project build thread can be found hear
https://xjbikes.com/forums/threads/radian-xj-fj600-cafe-racer-resto-mod-build-thread.131661/

I look forward to seeing you all there and hopefully it will become popular thread with plenty of people joining in.

Cheers Andy

 

@AndyH64 ...yep looking forward to it...i should do a thread too

 

@tobar yeah get thread started, I look forward to seeing you on my build thread. The more the merrier

Cheers Andy