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How to polish engine case on my GS

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1948man said:
Cool, I'll probably experiment with that. I would think that the micro-fiber cloth would get pretty clogged with residue after a while necessitating changing every so often.
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Oh for sure, notice at the end he showed the loaded up pad and said he was going to change it and polish more metal. The whole key to his design is the assembly tape. What he hasn't caught onto yet is that purple assembly tape is more bad ass than silver assembly tape, which is surprising since he knows how bad ass the green and blue zip ties are.
 
Seriously,when you get everything polished, and if you intend to keep it BARE, and especially if they ever salt your roads- be sure to rinse the bike off after a ride!

Bare aluminum corrodes overnight, ime....I've been experimenting with "Fluid-film" sprayed on a rag and thickly applied....it helps, but needs recoats

I'm going to check out Nessism's tip
....Followed with POR-15 Glisten clear.
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,myself. It's got to be better fixing it than re-sanding the aluminum....
 
No sanding, no stripping, no chemicals. Just the sewn polishing wheel in my 4" grinder, and both green, and white sticks.

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And you might as well order some new badges (??? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BADGES ! ! !) (sorry, it always does that...)
 
How does one clean the Cases! Not the covers. Crankcase,cylinder,head without disassembly or soda blasting?
 
I have my clutch cover off now and want to do this while I have it off. Do you remove the oil level lens before using the stripper, or just mask it off?
 
tobaccorancher said:
I have my clutch cover off now and want to do this while I have it off. Do you remove the oil level lens before using the stripper, or just mask it off?
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One other question. Will I likely need a new gasket once I take the clutch cover off? Have done all the other pieces but have yet to polish this one
 
tobaccorancher said:
Do you remove the oil level lens before using the stripper, or just mask it off?
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I wouldn’t try to remove the lens, just tape it off well with a couple layers of good tape.

And I’ve personally reused clutch cover gaskets before, if they’re in good shape, but they aren’t expensive to replace… less than the oil you might potentially drain and replace if you reuse and then have a leaky gasket.

Then again, if you’re careful and have the means to do so, you could tip the bike over on the right side so all the oil drains to the stator side and swap out a leaky gasket and not need to drain the oil from the pan too.
 
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