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BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:13 pm

powder coating is to conventional for me remember i'm doing my wishbones in armourfend 3000

plus I dont want to spend any money I have blagged most things for my repair/upgrade so I dont want to start paying for work done.

and how do you get them off ?

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:19 pm

Spring compressors (Proper ones) and then knock the spring seat up and remove the circlip, springs then fall off....

(This assumes Billy shocks)

woody · Post by **woody** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:00 pm

BiggestNizzy wrote:powder coating is to conventional for me remember i'm doing my wishbones in armourfend 3000

plus I dont want to spend any money I have blagged most things for my repair/upgrade so I dont want to start paying for work done.

and how do you get them off ?

I'll pm you something when i'm half awake, not been to bed off the nightshift

p.s. looked into that friend of yours from work, he left a blade on a rotor when it went into a balancing machine, smashing it's way through the fiberglass safety case.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:32 pm

Isn't that a little fundamental?

Lets see wizzy roundy thing at several tens of thousands of rpm and a nice blade sticking out of one side... Wobbly-wobbly-wobbly-bang!

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:17 pm

from what I remember (this was maybe 13 years ago) he was sat down and asked "is their anything you want to tell us, now think carefully" i.e. wrong answer and collect your stuff on the way out.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:38 pm

Back on topic

I got my first set of "beetleback" wishbones back today, and they look just like they did before they left, although they do have a shiny green tinge to them, I will post up some uninteresting pictures tommorow.

I may have to paint them though because the coating did not fill in the pitting from the rust

was thinking orange

woody · Post by **woody** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:37 pm

I thought i could get your springs done in black oxide, but thats another process that's been contracted out.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:17 am

woody wrote:I thought i could get your springs done in black oxide, but thats another process that's been contracted out.

possibly to surface tech, they do everthing but powder coating.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:58 am

Picture as promiced not much to look at to be honest

I will have to straighten the steering arm I'm sure it is bent

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:08 am

Get another one...

Even better make another one....

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:08 pm

make is a thought I supose I could use the other side as a template and CMM the hole positions, the taper angle etc.

Does anyone have any titanium ?

woody · Post by **woody** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:19 pm

*cough*

Maybes

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:28 pm

woody wrote:*cough*

Maybes

oohhh

was said in jest but now u got me thinking

woody · Post by **woody** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:21 pm

A 12 x1.5" lump of AMS4928 bar do fine?