This months Classic Trucks magazine has a good article with pictures of a makeover they did on a used motor and accessories. It's worth a look. It will be a while before I'll have time to shoot pics of the "finished" assemblies. I will though as soon as I can get back to those projects. Too much O T at work right now, but you have to "make hay while the sun shines" or some such verbage.

By Ted (63.224.195.169) on Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 12:55 pm:

John, I checked out the POR-15 site, but don't see any examples of jobs with thier products on them. If possible, will you snap a few pics of your work when done so we can see how they look?

Thanks

Ted

By John Sinden (64.12.96.198) on Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 10:02 pm:

Ted if it gets that hot you would be having bearing problems in short order. That POR-15 stuff is hard as nails and if you are going to use it it is great on any suspension parts, don't get it on threads though, and they say it should be coated with their Chassis paint for a final coating. They also have an excellant engine paint, I'm using the orange to paint the strut housings that will contain my Koni inserts. and already painted an engine block and head with their bright yellow.

By Ted (63.224.195.169) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 09:45 am:

John, how hot does the knuckle get during racing? Would a heat-resistant paint be needed in this application?

Paint thinner (mineral spirits) is a pretty mild solvent and will not damage the rubber seals in bearings if used lightly, then dried off. If you use thinner, make sure you don't dilute your bearing grease with it. Anything like xylene, xylole, (NEVER CLEAN WITH GAS!), acetone, toulene, etc will eat that rubber and cause the rubber to expand and break down, so dont use those.

By Johnn S. (152.163.253.2) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 03:54 am:

If you are going to replace the bearings have the knuckles sandblasted then use POR-15. Don't sandblast, but wirebrush and clean with solvent, except around the bearings if your bearings are still tight. Be very careful about solvent and thinner around those bearings.

By lazy (61.68.140.152) on Wednesday, March 10, 2004 - 03:29 am:

I'm about to undertake the 4x100 conversion and thought that while I had the knuckle out I might as well 'gussy it up' :oP
Any suggestions as to what would give the most durable finish - paint or otherwise?