Sunday, December 16, 2012

XS650 Valve and Points Covers swap

 
Winter sucks, but it's a good time to do stuff like this.  Here is a before (top) and after (bottum) shot of my valve and points covers I swapped out yesterday.  I had an extra set I had picked up at a swap meet or somewhere.  I just wanted to clean them up and get them back to respectable.  After removing the gaskets with a tiny nail, I used a green scotch bright pad and some degreaser under some water to get them clean.  Next step was some 600 grit wet dry sand paper to get them relatively smooth.  Then I followed that up with some steel wool.  Finally I used some Mother's Aluminum polish and polishing wheel on my bench grinder.  This only took a couple of hours and it looks all right.         


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