Lethaface Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 After getting 4-5 pm's about how to polish the clutch cover from my thread in the pic section i have made a guide at a few ppl's request..I hope this help's anybody who needs it.. Letha ~Things you will need~ 1. Wet Sand Paper grits i use is 320 400 800 1000 1200 and 1600 2. Aircraft Remover Paint Stripper 3. Paint brush to apply the stripper (1'' works great) 4. Bucket of water 5. Mothers Aluminum wheel polish 6. 2 shop towles 7. A few disposable plates to use for the stripper 8. 001 steel wool 9. New clutch cover gasket So this is what you start off with..This is not a picture of mine just one i found for viewing purposes ~THe process~ 1. First thing that will have to be done to the clutch cover is removal of 2 plastic pieces the first circular piece that says yamaha and the other that covers the impeller 2. After the plastic is removed the paint removal can be started..Pour some of the stripper Into a plate and begin applying the stripper with the paint brush to the clutch cover. Just put a good deal of stripper on making sure to cover all areas pretty thorough.. Almost immediatly after appling the stripper you will hear it starting to crackle as it is eating at the paint..Leave it alone for about 15-20 minutes..When you come back you will see the paint has bubbled the paint up pretty good..Take a water hose and spray off all the loose paint and excess stripper..Note do not touch the stripper at anytime or it will burn you up..After the excess tripper and paint have been sprayed off you will see that this process will have to be repeated a few times to get all the paint off..Have patcience though it wil all come off with little work.. 3. You now have all the paint taken off and your clutch cover is down to bare metal..IT is time to start the wet sanding process..Note that this is the step that is gonna seperate a half ass job between a well done one..Just start off with the 320 course grit and the bucket of water and start sanding..For me i usually spend about 15-20 minutes with each grit..So it will take about a couple hours if done correctly..You will be able to tell when its time to switch to different grits by eye though..Just keep wet sanding through each grit till you come out with the desired finish.. ~Mine~ 4. So your wet sanding is done and your clutch cover is starting to look pretty good..Now its time To hit the cover with the 001 steel wool..This step will not only finish the sanding process off but will clean the black marks off the aluminum that come from the sand paper..Just use small circular movements with the wool until the whole cover is completed..Now that the hard stuff is done your cover should look like this..If it dosn't you havn't put enough time into sanding and will need to go back and do some more.. 5. Mothers aluminum polish..This stuff works great and even the most simple of minds can use it properly..Basically get a small amount on a shop towel and start applying in a circular motion. When the polish starts turning black remove it with the clean rag..This step should be where you really see the fruits of your labor..after you have applied the mothers and polished the entire cover you are done..Just put the 2 plastic peices back on the cover and throw that baby back on the motor and rip!.. Finished product Note this process will work on anything aluminum..I have did tons of stuff from $10 grab bars to a set of 96 banshee yellow wheels before after blaster side cover Anyways good luck to anybody who tries the process :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinEsFasteR79 Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 when I get time I will do it :baseball_w00t: I wish I could do it now. but I think im going to buy a spare clutch cover so I don't have to take the one thats on now, off. well, thanks a lot dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animalman294 Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 That looks pretty good, and the sanding is a lot like the prep work for a paint job. The final look will depend on how well you prepare the surface............... :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinEsFasteR79 Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 I don't want to sound like a dumbass, but do you think its possible to polish the cover while its still on the engine? I know it would be more of a pain because of having to work around it instead of moving it whenever needed. but I've drained and refilled my engine so many times in the past month its starting to get old. But if I have to take it off I'll wait a little while to polish it. Thanks a lot for the advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethaface Posted July 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 I'm not to sure about that..I think your gonna end up getting stripper on your frame and stuff like that..Not to mention how hard it would be to polish the area down by the frame..If you don't wanna take it off i would just wait till you need to take it off and polish it then..I will make sure to keep the pictures hosted and the thread will be here for you for reference when the time comes :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinEsFasteR79 Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 yeah that was a pretty stupid question lol. well, hopefully no reasons come up that I have to take it off again :baseball_bat: shee's been apart for 2 weeks. still waiting on two outer tie rod ends :ermm: im starting to get a little worried.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethaface Posted July 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Yeah i seen that thread..Seems like he should hurry up a little bit with your stuff or send you your money back to go elsewhere... :baseball_innocent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinEsFasteR79 Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 yeah..and now he doesn't seem to be responding to the replies I have been leaving him. :ermm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethaface Posted July 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 (edited) bad news man..Bad news Edited July 12, 2006 by Lethaface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIRTMAN350 Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 performed the same process for mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxzdan Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 I did mine when it still was on just got to be careful and it's harder a bit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVS1 Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 I used the Aircraft stripper (Use acid gloves, shit still burns like hell through latex gloves) and Scotchbrite to take the paint off. Took a few times/coats too. I was going to use sandpaper and wetsand but after all the time spent on just getting the damn paint off, I said phuq it. Then I used a loose sewn wheel with a small enough arbor for my plug in, black and decker hand drill and polished with medium grade polishing compound from Lowe's. Then I hand polished with Mother's Billet polish. A bench grinder with polishing wheels might have polished out just a little better, but I didn't have one and I think it came out pretty good. Here's a pic 2 months later and after I had my greasy hands all over it and not wiping it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root_Doc Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 I used the Aircraft stripper (Use acid gloves, shit still burns like hell through latex gloves) and Scotchbrite to take the paint off. Took a few times/coats too. I was going to use sandpaper and wetsand but after all the time spent on just getting the damn paint off, I said phuq it. Then I used a loose sewn wheel with a small enough arbor for my plug in, black and decker hand drill and polished with medium grade polishing compound from Lowe's. Then I hand polished with Mother's Billet polish. A bench grinder with polishing wheels might have polished out just a little better, but I didn't have one and I think it came out pretty good. Here's a pic 2 months later and after I had my greasy hands all over it and not wiping it down. How did you get the kickstarter so nice. Is that chromed or polished. Also any tips on how to get in the difficult areas of the clutch cover {where it says kickstarter and oil} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blak banshee Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 When I polished my cbr covers, I put buffing wheels on my bench grinder and used emory, tripoly, rouge, and jewlers rouge to pollish (there might be others, its been a while since I did it). You can get the buffing wheels and compounds at any home depot in their tool corral. they come as round sticks. the buffing wheels are great for polishing contours and lettering. just be careful not to burn the finish and use only 1 compound per each buffing wheel otherwise its not going to work well. it pollishes fast, hope this helps. :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root_Doc Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 When I polished my cbr covers, I put buffing wheels on my bench grinder and used emory, tripoly, rouge, and jewlers rouge to pollish (there might be others, its been a while since I did it). You can get the buffing wheels and compounds at any home depot in their tool corral. they come as round sticks. the buffing wheels are great for polishing contours and lettering. just be careful not to burn the finish and use only 1 compound per each buffing wheel otherwise its not going to work well. it pollishes fast, hope this helps. :beer: wow, i used some tripoli that I have for polishing my gold crowns, {from school} . Thank you very much. Looks very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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