How I do it.
Light, slow, stop while you are still ahead, is key, DO NO HARM! LOL
My ubiquitous spritzer bottle of mineral spirits also in action.
My ubiquitous spritzer bottle of mineral spirits also in action.
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Filing a gasket mating surface
- Thread starter gggGary
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That was a good little video Gary! Good tip!
I jus' chuck 'em up in the ol' CNC mill and skim a half a thou off 'em.
Good how-to Gary.
Good how-to Gary.
It's a good technique, used this method for the rocker boxes on a Triumph TR6. But the bloody thing still leaked other places . . .
+1 on the plate glass. You can also tape down wet-or-dry paper, 320 or 400, and move the workpiece in a figure 8. Apply dye (felt tip marker works too) to the surface you're working; when the color is all gone, it's flat.
Nice watch, who does you manicure.
Yeah just call me boomer.
Manicure by old corroded MC partz mostly.
yes working a flange on a flat surface is a great way to go.
bbbBut nearly everyone has a file handy (finer is better)
Filing = just aluminum swarf, no abrasives sneaking into internal crevices.
A file also can be used on faces still in place on the bike, say the crankcase mating surface for the clutch cover. or a face with protruding features.
Nice big new abrasive stones with mineral spirits are often used on machine surfaces like a mill table to knock the edges off dings, get rid of rust. etc. Aluminum tends to plug up stones pretty quick.
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Yet another method: Apply grinding past to the cover, place cover on crankcase, insert one screw and work back and forward, then shift the screw diagonally opposite and repeat, and so on.
