hey guys happy to be back bringing you another video today got a thanksgiving special for you
if you are watching this on thanksgiving hope you're having a great thanksgiving
so today we're going to be cleaning up some more parts getting some more stuff ready for this rm
project that we're doing so let's cut straight to the point and jump in today's video let's go
so what we had going on in the last video we were cleaning up the frame and the swingarm
swarm is all done the frame we were prepping for powder coat and now you can see it is all coated
looking great i'll show you how all this turned out i absolutely love this color it is a forged
charcoal from prismatic it's a little bit darker a little bit flatter than the original suzuki color
now we did some repairs on the bottom of the frame here and let's take a look at how those
covered up let me get a little better angle on it so you can see it isn't perfect there's a little
indentation there it is kind of distortion with the tube of the frame
but regardless i think i could have done it better with the filler i'm not gonna
complain for the first time around this one has a little low spot as well i could have uh
primered it and sanded it just to see how well of a job it did on the filler i'll do that next time
but you can see the powder actually adhered to that jb weld really good i don't see any
light spots or any issues with the coating so that's great now the powder coating was
done by a guy local to me travis over at limitless coatings always does a flawless job make sure all
the threads are masked off just does everything perfect good guy to have in your corner so i will
link him down below for you guys that are in the spokane coeur d'alene area check them out
as for the swimming arm i ended up taking this a few steps further since you guys last saw it
i smooth out the wear spots underneath the chain slider smooth over some other areas just made this
thing absolutely flawless but it turned out really beautiful i'm just really ocd about that stuff
but at this point the swing arm is completely done frame is done so let's move on to some
other parts now the first order of business is to fix up this linkage this is actually off
the original rm so all the bearings are shot all rusted and falling apart inside of there
so i'm going to clean this linkage up pop out the bearings and get ready to fix that
all right these parts cleaned up pretty good just going to pop out the bearings and seals now
now that's about as nasty as it gets right there this bearing is just beyond destroyed
see this falls apart in there yeah that's why you keep your bearings greased and clean now to pop
these bearings out so we can replace them we're going to take two sockets basically one that fits
with the bearing and then one that fits on the other side so matches
up with the outer diameter there and when you apply pressure to the socket over here
you'll see but it'll push those bearings out and into the inside of that socket an easier
way to do this is with a blind bearing puller if you guys have one of these they are really handy
basically i just take one of these adapters hook it to the bearing use your slide hammer and yank
it out now i realize everyone doesn't have those so we're going to use the cheap method
just with these sockets now a few little things that will help here in the vise
put your piece in the middle of the vise so that way you're equally distributing the force and
then whatever way you're pushing the bearings out you want to have the handle on this side
so the leading edge so we're gonna be pushing the bearings out that way so snug it up and then
we've got a torch we're going to heat it up and that'll allow things to just kind of move a little
easier
now we're most of the way through here now if you come to a tough spot just
apply some more heat you don't want to push it and possibly crack the linkage
obviously wear a pair of safety glasses in case things decide to explode here
so we're bottomed out on that socket i'm gonna pull this out
looks like we've got one bearing out of here and we are going to use a little deeper socket here
should be able to push that one the rest of the way out
she done one thing i forgot to mention before you pop those bearings out you want to make
note of where those bearings sit inside the bore so that way when you put the new ones in
you can kind of have a reference of how deep they need to be
all right i'm just going to knock out these other two bearings and then we can just move along
i think we got him though all right here's where we ended up pretty glorious site with all this
crusty and rustiness going on but while i'm waiting on new bearings to clean up the linkage
a little bit more clean up the bores with some scotch brite get them ready for the new bearings
shine it up get rid of these casting marks and do the same with the linkage arms as well
got those bearing boards all cleaned up with a little abrasive wheel new bearing should just pop
right in without any issues what's nice about this wheel it's not super abrasive so it's not going to
wear away the material there i'm going to take these parts over to the buffing machine
and clean them up i already started on this one smoothing out these casting lines
basically i'm just going to blend all this in and give everything a nice factory clean look
after a few minutes on the bench grinder got this piece smoothed out really nicely obviously
there are some areas you can't get into with the larger wheels on the grinder there but
i'm going to use the die grinder to finish it off should just be able to smooth those right out
got the linkage looking beautiful so far i'm just gonna finish it off over here on the bench
grinder with this fine wheel and the die grinder the smaller wheel on some of the tighter areas
and you can actually use the rougher wheel here on the die grinder to smooth out some
of those casting lines too i used it in some of the tighter areas nice little tool to have
the triangle piece is all done turned out great
pretty excited about this basically resembles like a works part so now
i'm going to do the same with linkage arms just going to follow the exact same process
the arms are all done and they turned out really good as well all i used on these were the two
wheels on the buffer flap wheel the fine cleaning wheel really happy with how these turned out
now a few little pointers if you guys are going to be tackling something like this
if you end up with a little waviness in your part grab some sandpaper better yet grab a sanding
block throw some 220 or 320 grit sandpaper on there and you can kind of even out the part that
way you don't have dips and waves in your part and like i've mentioned in previous videos you want to
sand in one direction so on these i chose to do the long direction of the part so sand like this
you don't want to go across on this part as well i went up and around gives it a nice consistent
shine now the key to getting a really consistent finish like we have here is to go consistently
across the part if you hold the wheel in one area too long you'll end up with a little dip so always
make sure you are spreading out the pressure there we've got something exciting coming up tomorrow
actually i wish i could have given you guys a little more of a heads up on it but i'm actually
doing a show out in post falls idaho it is a motorcycle show kind of like an expo kind of deal
i've actually never done one before and it is 5 o'clock the night before and i don't have anything
set up i've got some ideas but i've got nothing built for the show so i should probably get busy
so i'm sure you guys are wondering what the heck are you building here
so this is gonna be like a banner wall slash backstop for the buffing machine
i'm just bringing out this little grinder here with some wheels on it for people to test out
and just in case someone uh catches an edge and flings apart i don't want it hitting anyone or
hitting anything so a little backstop and then i'm gonna do up some graphics trying to figure out
what i want to do there might just do a logo prime and i don't know i'll whip up something special
let's say that turned out pretty good for a last minute deal
just gonna throw some paint on the edges here and call it good
just finished up my product displays these turned out pretty cool just bent them out of aluminum
roll pretty simple just got to load up the trailer and i'll be ready to rip out in the morning
all right this is set up guys got the bike set up here on stand a little buffing station back there
setup all the merch and product austin's out here helping me out he's got his stuff out here too
brought the rm engine out it's got a cool bunch of cool stuff on display
now with the linkage done for today still waiting on the bearings for them
i'm gonna move on to the next little project here and that will be the triple clamps i'm gonna be
replacing the bearings on these smoothing them out and doing some cerakote work so first thing
we got to do is get that lower bearing cut off of there now to get that lower bearing off there's a
few different approaches here so number one you can press the stem out of the lower triple clamp
and the bearing will just fall right off i do have a press and i could i could show you guys
but i'll show you an alternative method i've used a few times you can just do with a few
tools like a hammer and a punch helps to have a pair of soft jaws help protect that triple clamp
and we're just going to use a pair of side cutters to cut the outer race on that bearing
at this point might as well just pry this guy off of here
bearing's destroyed anyways little snip and we are off slide this thing off of here
now the reason i popped that outer ace off is so that way i can chisel on this lip right here
that'll help a lot in working this thing off of here
and try your best to work this thing off evenly
i'm gonna come from the back side sometimes we like that a little better
all right there she goes it wasn't too bad now i just noticed there's a broken off bolt
in the bottom of this triple clamp while we're at it while we're over here let's uh work that
one out now this thing's a little uneven i'm gonna grind it flat so i can work on it a little easier
i'm gonna find the direct center give it a little punch mark
i'm gonna drill a hole in this bolt that way i can get a tool in there to help spin this back out
now i should be able to pound a torx bit in here and what's nice about torx bit it's got so many
little uh teeth on it to help grab that bolt
of course it helps to have a little heat and let's see what happens
come on baby let's go really not wanting to budge
oh [ __ ] all right well the torx bit broke off in
there so i'm gonna grind this flat again and drill the whole thing out
well guys i hate to say it but this one is a lost cause i hate giving up on projects like this
but i already messed up a few tools trying to get this thing out it is just so far stuck in there
that i'm just gonna destroy the triple clamp and root a bunch of tools trying to get it out
of there so i think what happened is someone put too long of a bolt in there snapped it off and at
that point it is so far stuck that you would have to drill things apart and auger the crap out of
this thing to get it usable again so i'm going to cut my losses there and just go buy a used one on
ebay for 30 or 40 dollars now unfortunately the other triple clamp i have off the other bike is
from an rmz and it ain't gonna match up with what i'm trying to do here so i'm just gonna wait for
that used one to come in in the meantime gonna work on the top triple clamp i'm going to smooth
out these casting marks just this casting line around the edge here and get it ready for coating
this thing's smoothed out nicely it's going to look awesome with a cerakote on top of it
almost kind of want to leave it that brushed bare aluminum always a good look but got a cool color
picked out for these triples here so as soon as the new lower comes in i'm going to spray these
out in the next video well today didn't really go to plan it's all right just how it goes sometimes
kind of halted our progress on the bike here but there is something else i want to work on here
in the shop so being that tomorrow's thanksgiving and today is actually my birthday i want you guys
to guess how old i am drop it down below but i want to whip up something cool for you guys as
a little gift show my appreciation for you all you guys have given me plenty of gifts over the years
so i've got some cool stuff to whip up for you guys over on the printer
so over here is my graphic printing setup i use this for all the labels and stickers that i do
with prime all these stickers here just whip this guy up in illustrator and send it over to
the old trusty printer all right the stickers are on their way out let's see how they're turning out
got my roll of stickers gonna bring them over to the cutter where we're gonna cut all these
out individually so the first cut we're doing here is through the front of the vinyl and we're gonna
flip it over and cut through the backing now the machine is cutting through the backing it'll allow
the sticker to pop out from the whole sheet and you'll have a nice sticker with a rounded edge
i'll show you when it's all done now here's the finished product they just pop out from the roll
just like that and you got a nice sticker and also a nice little edge to peel up that backing by the
way this is actually a clear sticker not a brown let me peel it up a little bit and see it's got a
clear backing here let's actually throw it on one of the bikes and i'll show you what it looks like
pretty cool stuff all right i got another sticker i just whipped up here it's coming out of the
printer right now this one's pretty cool a little bit different though i like how these ones came
out they would be perfect for slapping on your buddy's four stroke so stickers are all done
got a couple stacks of them here if you guys want them they will be free
with any order you place on the store today and tomorrow so that's november 25th and november 26th
so just go in the store order anything you'll get one of each sticker hold on i got something
else for you i also have a bunch of jet tags i will include one of these with each order open
this thing up these are pretty badass as well so you'll be getting one of these jet tag and one of
each sticker with any order you place on the store today and tomorrow so november 25th and 26th and
i just added some new apparel to the store the other day i've got a red hoodie a long sleeve two
strokes 20 20 keep america stoked this thing is really soft and smooth love that one and we've got
the cr shirt over here this has the cr250 printed on the back of it this turned out really good
so yeah got some new stuff go check it out if you like what you see now i know this is
a little bit shorter of a video hope you guys still enjoyed it but the next time you see a
video on the channel we'll be popping in some fresh bearings finishing up those triple clamps
should have the new one in by then and probably refinishing a bunch of hardware on the bike too
so lots of great things coming your way and uh thank you so much for watching the videos
i really really do appreciate it hope you guys are learning from or at least enjoying them it really
means a lot to have you guys to support and so with that i will see you guys soon keep it prime
you