When you get an old scooter body there is a lot of cleaning and prep. When you have a job and a family and a house to take care of you do not have all the time in the world to spend with your scoots. I have also been distracted by some work on my Allstate project and regular maintenance on my VNB.
Anyway this project is moving forward and every part I take off and clean is one more part ready for reassembly.
I have been working on the front fork getting all the bearings out and cleaning up the swing arm assembly. That is mostly done with new bearings on order from SIP and potential reassembly in the not too distant future. I still have a fair amount of work to do cleaning the frame including some rust removal. That will be finished up after I get all the outlying pieces taken care of and off the floor of my garage.
So here are a few photos of the latest part to be cleaned up and ready for rebuild. You remember the rims which were rusty and the paint was falling off and unprotected. Well I finished removing the rust with my favorite Evaporust product. I then gently cleaned and dried the remaining paint and coated that with several layers of clear coat to seal the paint which remained and prevent the rust from returning.
On the inside of the rims I spent considerable time grinding off old rust and rubber which had been stuck to the rims for years. This was done with a drill and wire brush. Once I got the surface down to a smooth enough condition that I felt a rubber inner tube would be OK resting against the rim I coated the inner edges of the rim with a rust sealer/converter to help prevents the insides of the rims from corroding too quickly in the future.
Below you can see the before and after pictures. Rust is gone, paint is sealed, metal interiors are sealed and these rims are ready for tires and mounting. The second pair was a bit more beat up and took more work on the interior to get a smooth surface for the tube, but it ended up looking nearly identical to this rim when all was said and done. Once I slip some new 8" black-walls on these rims they will look great.
This is before:
This is after, ready for tires:
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