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Coming along nicely B. Should have used those extra tappet covers to protect the threads during powdercoat. I have a set I use exclusively for coating valve covers.When we ridding?
Last time I did that and I ruined my cam cover because blasting media worked its way into the threads and and I couldn't remove the caps. The tappet covers actually broke!
Quote from: brandEn on April 28, 2013, 01:24:04 PMLast time I did that and I ruined my cam cover because blasting media worked its way into the threads and and I couldn't remove the caps. The tappet covers actually broke! Yes....I have had that happen to me too. Sucks!
Quote from: MRieck on April 28, 2013, 06:07:21 PMQuote from: brandEn on April 28, 2013, 01:24:04 PMLast time I did that and I ruined my cam cover because blasting media worked its way into the threads and and I couldn't remove the caps. The tappet covers actually broke! Yes....I have had that happen to me too. Sucks!Yes, I just loosely screw them in to protect the threads, have not had a problem yet. Guess I am lucky...
Quote from: tweakin on April 28, 2013, 07:05:36 PMQuote from: MRieck on April 28, 2013, 06:07:21 PMQuote from: brandEn on April 28, 2013, 01:24:04 PMLast time I did that and I ruined my cam cover because blasting media worked its way into the threads and and I couldn't remove the caps. The tappet covers actually broke! Yes....I have had that happen to me too. Sucks!Yes, I just loosely screw them in to protect the threads, have not had a problem yet. Guess I am lucky... The point is bits of bead get into the coarse threads. The caps thread in OK but when you try to back them out they jam up bad. It blows the threads out Tige. You have to take a toothbrush etc with brake cleaner to get the crap out. I have problems screwing the caps in, blasting , cleaning but enough $hit was there to F up the cover threads. Be careful and clean the hell out of those threads. I have 2 perfect covers that are f'd up that I use for painting now......lesson(s) learned.
Quote from: MRieck on April 28, 2013, 07:18:40 PMQuote from: tweakin on April 28, 2013, 07:05:36 PMQuote from: MRieck on April 28, 2013, 06:07:21 PMQuote from: brandEn on April 28, 2013, 01:24:04 PMLast time I did that and I ruined my cam cover because blasting media worked its way into the threads and and I couldn't remove the caps. The tappet covers actually broke! Yes....I have had that happen to me too. Sucks!Yes, I just loosely screw them in to protect the threads, have not had a problem yet. Guess I am lucky... The point is bits of bead get into the coarse threads. The caps thread in OK but when you try to back them out they jam up bad. It blows the threads out Tige. You have to take a toothbrush etc with brake cleaner to get the crap out. I have problems screwing the caps in, blasting , cleaning but enough $hit was there to F up the cover threads. Be careful and clean the hell out of those threads. I have 2 perfect covers that are f'd up that I use for painting now......lesson(s) learned.What about using plumber's tape on the caps? They would seal well and are easy to remove.
This 3.5" wide rim looks great.