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| 3liter914-6 |
 Apr 29 2004, 12:45 PM
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Master of Clueless Posts  Group: Benefactors Posts: 310 Joined: 12-October 03 From: State College, PA Member No.: 1,238 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region   |
Ok, so thanks to you guys I've got two trailing arms lying on my garage floor. I figure since I've got them out and am installing the needle bearings and 911 e-brake, I might as well get the whole dealio powdercoated.
What I'm wondering is besides threads and bearing surfaces, the usual suspects, are there other places to mask off? I'm thinking if I powdercoat the surfaces of the alignment shim mount, that's going to throw things off, right? So should I just clean that piece up and not coat it, or just go ahead and do it and adjust with shims afterwards. No matter what, even if I put it back together with just new bushings, I'm going to have to mess around with the shims, right? Thanks for any help, Adam |
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| Mueller |
Apr 29 2004, 01:19 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,150 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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do not powercoat the inside of the trailing arm that the tube goes into...in fact, can you wait to coat them until I send you the tubes???
I can UPS them out tommorow (home today, ate something that didn't like me as much as I liked it, LOL) |
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| 3liter914-6 |
Apr 29 2004, 01:24 PM
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Master of Clueless Posts Group: Benefactors Posts: 310 Joined: 12-October 03 From: State College, PA Member No.: 1,238 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(Mueller @ Apr 29 2004, 03:19 PM) do not powercoat the inside of the trailing arm that the tube goes into...in fact, can you wait to coat them until I send you the tubes??? I can UPS them out tommorow (home today, ate something that didn't like me as much as I liked it, LOL) Right, that's part of what I meant by bearing surfaces. I've been trying to get ahold of Ira all day to get these things ordered and shipped. Have a message on the machine, but no call back. I can wait, but my thinking was that it would be better to powdercoat now, and then if there is a little bit of overspray or whatnot, I can hone/ream the inside of the arm before putting in your tube. I'm probably missing something though. |
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| Mueller |
Apr 29 2004, 01:28 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,150 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None
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the only real reason to press the tubes in before hand is to lesson the chance of messing up your new pretty parts
(and if by some odd and very, very rare instance you screw up and damage the trailing arm during the install*) *only heard of one person doing this..me !!! , hahahahaha |
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| 3liter914-6 |
Apr 29 2004, 02:34 PM
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Master of Clueless Posts Group: Benefactors Posts: 310 Joined: 12-October 03 From: State College, PA Member No.: 1,238 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(Mueller @ Apr 29 2004, 03:28 PM) the only real reason to press the tubes in before hand is to lesson the chance of messing up your new pretty parts (and if by some odd and very, very rare instance you screw up and damage the trailing arm during the install*) *only heard of one person doing this..me !!! , hahahahaha Ah, good point. The press might not be so friendly to my freshly powdercoated arms. Thanks, Adam |
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