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Thanks for the replies, you and I share some OCD tendencies, so I always appreciate when you chime in. Interesting about the aluminum gaskets, I didn't know they got flattened but it makes sense. Well, that clears the way to install the front lower rocker box.
Pretty sure those cometic gaskets are coated steel, like their head gaskets. The coating doesn't really "melt" and set until heat cycled.
I recently r&r’d my rocker boxes and can confirm the exact same o-ring fitment. I used Cyco gaskets and o-rings throughout. It will compress into the groove.
I wish the 110” kits came in all black and all silver jugs, not just the highlighted. It’s one of the few reasons I ended up going 107” over the 110”.
...And yeah, I'm actually kind of bummed with the way the engine is looking, it's not what I had in mind....
You've always had a keen eye for your bike and you know this will grind at you until you fix it! It's really those rocker covers, you know you can't live with that gloss on top of everything else, hell, they're as ugly as an ingrown-conjoined twin with partial teeth and some moply head of hair
I'd say before you go any further take them and have them PC to match the rest of the black on the motor.
I didn't go 110" because MOCO wouldn't make them all black but I actually would find them quite liveable if I had them, or hit them with some black high-temp.
Save yourself the trouble of tearing down after you've been running it, do it right once and be done, you know you'll be glad you did!
You've always had a keen eye for your bike and you know this will grind at you until you fix it! It's really those rocker covers, you know you can't live with that gloss on top of everything else, hell, they're as ugly as an ingrown-conjoined twin with partial teeth and some moply head of hair
I'd say before you go any further take them and have them PC to match the rest of the black on the motor.
I didn't go 110" because MOCO wouldn't make them all black but I actually would find them quite liveable if I had them, or hit them with some black high-temp.
Save yourself the trouble of tearing down after you've been running it, do it right once and be done, you know you'll be glad you did!
Well, those are brand new, Gen-U-wine MoCo gloss black lower rocker boxes so if re-powdered I'd probably do my stock silver ones. I actually like the gloss though it matches the new tappet covers; I think it's the all-black fins on the heads that are throwing things off. Here it is with the wrinkle black top rocker covers for a test fit and I think it looks good except the dang black fins! Someone a few posts back recommended sanding them and I found a video of a guy using carb cleaner and a red scotch bright and it literally took mins to turn the fins bright. Starts at 1:06
Just put chrome rocker box covers on, the way God and Willie G intended...
Kinda the opposite of what you're doing, but my cylinders came with the polished fins and I wanted all black, so I lightly scuffed then painted them with black hi temp engine paint and it's held up fine for 8 years.
Sidetracked again. I decided to get the fins on the heads de-powdered. I realized a little late that the guy in the video I posted was removing paint from his fins and that's why it went so fast...not so much with powder. I got the left side of the front head done last night, it didn't take too long, and the result is okay, this is definitely going to be one that eats at me till I do something. The red Scotch pad and carb cleaner was not really effective, so I got the Dremel out and on really slow speed was able to remove the powder and not metal, but it's tiring, detailed work so I've got to find a better way, you guys have any thoughts?
Btw, this was my original inspiration for the gloss lower rocker box and wrinkle upper, my wife's '22 FXBBS. The bright fins make it though, so I'm feeling pretty good when I'm done it'll be awesome...at least from 5 feet away.
Sidetracked again. I decided to get the fins on the heads de-powdered. I realized a little late that the guy in the video I posted was removing paint from his fins and that's why it went so fast...not so much with powder. I got the left side of the front head done last night, it didn't take too long, and the result is okay, this is definitely going to be one that eats at me till I do something. The red Scotch pad and carb cleaner was not really effective, so I got the Dremel out and on really slow speed was able to remove the powder and not metal, but it's tiring, detailed work so I've got to find a better way, you guys have any thoughts?
Btw, this was my original inspiration for the gloss lower rocker box and wrinkle upper, my wife's '22 FXBBS. The bright fins make it though, so I'm feeling pretty good when I'm done it'll be awesome...at least from 5 feet away.
The five foot rule is all that matters for everyone other then the OCD owner. That said, you'll get over it quickly.
I'd try actual sandpaper. It's just aluminum, there will be absolutely no harm if you take off a few microns and sandpaper on a rubber block will go a hell of a lot faster then inch by inch with a Dremel.. You can always do the bulk of it by sanding, and use the Dremel to finish up the tight areas...
And I think leaving the fins black in the recessed areas might look good.
The five foot rule is all that matters for everyone other then the OCD owner. That said, you'll get over it quickly.
I'd try actual sandpaper. It's just aluminum, there will be absolutely no harm if you take off a few microns and sandpaper on a rubber block will go a hell of a lot faster then inch by inch with a Dremel.. You can always do the bulk of it by sanding, and use the Dremel to finish up the tight areas...
And I think leaving the fins black in the recessed areas might look good.
I don't know man, I found a really nice pair of stock touring heads with milled fins for $550 and I am having a really hard time controlling my left mouse click finger.
Good idea on sandpaper, I do have a rubber block, so I'll give that a try next. I am following the stock pattern for milling so the front head in my pic is done. Well, the left side is done, the black you see will stay.
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