Re-painting the timing cover

[Mr K]

Now Winter's here and the plague of corrosion bubbles is engulfing my out of warranty timing cover, I thought I'd whip off the black plastic bit, get rid of all the loose paint and corrossion and paint over it with something..

Don't want to take it off the bike, but I'd like a finish to protect the metal and sort of blend in with the original.... so brush on I think...

Anyone done it?

 

[Schtum]

No, I haven't done it as my first one on my old '04 bike was replaced under warranty.

However, if I was doing it, I'd remove the cover, have it blasted and then either painted with two-pack epoxy, if my local painter could still spare the solvent out of his allocation or, failing that, have it powder coated.

 

[Mr K]

Mine's been replaced under warranty too... this is No.4 which is into its 2nd year out of warranty.
Don't want to take it off and lose any chance of riding, other than for a couple of days..

 

[Schtum]

It might be an idea for a small group to club together and buy a front engine cover and it could then be passed around to use as a temporary replacement while 1200 owners remove their original ones to have them refinished.

In fact, perhaps Paul G could be persuaded to put his hand into the Sponsorship coffers to buy one or two of them.....

 

[(RIP) Mark H]

Chris,

Dont know if you have seen this;
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136102

Hope it helps

 

[Mr K]

Chris,

Dont know if you have seen this;
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136102

Hope it helps

It certainly does.

 

[wilbjr21]

For what it's worth Chris, the '08 model doesn't have the foam? insert. So you can bin that for a start.

You're my hero at the moment riding in all this sh!te, but you could spare the old girl some time off over Christmas to do the job.

 

[Mr K]

For what it's worth Chris, the '08 model doesn't have the foam? insert. So you can bin that for a start.

You're my hero at the moment riding in all this sh!te, but you could spare the old girl some time off over Christmas to do the job.

I've had obligations to fulfill recently that required GSing.... barring nice days, "the old girl" is going to hibernate from now until Spring........

 

[Panzer Patrol]

Hi Chris,
I repainted mine with Hamerite smoooooth silver aerosol and it is a very good match to the original and though I havnt done my usual amount of riding this year, its still as good as new at the end of the season. I took the front case off to do the job last winter, but if I had to do it again I would try doing it in situ, just mask it up and blaze away with the paint. I put about 5 coats on, straight onto the bare metal but pre-warmed it gently with a heat gun before each coat. Careful not to put too much on though, cos it will look great then suddenly sag, little and often is the word. Hope this helps.
Happy hols

 

[Mr K]

Hi Chris,
I repainted mine with Hamerite smoooooth silver aerosol and it is a very good match to the original and though I havnt done my usual amount of riding this year, its still as good as new at the end of the season. I took the front case off to do the job last winter, but if I had to do it again I would try doing it in situ, just mask it up and blaze away with the paint. I put about 5 coats on, straight onto the bare metal but pre-warmed it gently with a heat gun before each coat. Careful not to put too much on though, cos it will look great then suddenly sag, little and often is the word. Hope this helps.
Happy hols

Sounds like what I will do...

Health and happiness to you and yours.

 

[Owen Snell]

Sounds like what I will do...

Health and happiness to you and yours.

Use the Hammerite Special Metals Primer first if you can. The blistering on my front cover is quite extensive and the surface corrosion seems to have got under the paint and lifted it. Paint adhesion is a common problem on Aluminium, as evidenced by BMW's problems in this area. The special primer will give you the best possible adhesion and the longest lasting finish.

 

[Big Lee]

Use the Hammerite Special Metals Primer first if you can. The blistering on my front cover is quite extensive and the surface corrosion seems to have got under the paint and lifted it. Paint adhesion is a common problem on Aluminium, as evidenced by BMW's problems in this area. The special primer will give you the best possible adhesion and the longest lasting finish.

Thats what I used on mine and it`s sticking just nice so far. Ideally I should`ve spent more time sanding down etc but where it`s at no one notices I did make enquiries about getting the front cover removed and powder coated but it`s quite a big job imo for what you get.

 

[Mr K]

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

It's patently obvious that this bleedy bit of foam has caused all the corrosion..

....by retaining moisture.
Bike's been in the garage for a week and the foam is dripping wet....

Started to scrape off some of the loose stuff...

Lost the ability to focus... need better lighting and some fine wire brush or something....

 

[Steve V]

I'll see how you get on and then I'll have a crack, but it seems worth scraping the spomge anyway.

 

[Mr K]

I'll see how you get on and then I'll have a crack, but it seems worth scraping the spomge anyway.

Sponge just pulls out of the black plastic cover - 5 bolts - I'd say 10 minutes to do and refit black plastic bit, if corrosion has not taken hold.

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

need better lighting and some fine wire brush or something....

Not steel wire as if bits get stuck in the aly they will react and may eventually bubble the paint over the top of them.

I'll see how you get on and then I'll have a crack, but it seems worth scraping the spomge anyway.

Pidcocks removed mine when I got a new cover on warranty, said they did that to all the bikes coming in for front cover work.

Andres

 

[Mr K]

Not steel wire as if bits get stuck in the aly they will react and may eventually bubble the paint over the top of them.



Pidcocks removed mine when I got a new cover on warranty, said they did that to all the bikes coming in for front cover work.

Andres

Going shopping at Halford's tomorrow for primer, paint, a whizzy-thing and some brushy bits....brass or nylon bristles??

 

[Big Lee]

A flapper wheel might be better

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

............and a spinny brass brush/'mop head' thing that'll go in the end of your drill - good for the tricky bits

Andres

 

[Mr K]

A flapper wheel might be better

Mmm they do a 100 piece accessory kit which would appear to include "flappers"..... lots of fiddly bits to flap though...