Bolt Rust
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Cruiser
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From: Louisville, KY
Bolt Rust
After doing some wrenching on my bike I noticed that all the allen head screws that I put on are now showing rust inside the head. Anyone else have this problem? And what is the solution.
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From: Boynton Beach, FloriDuh
Replace them with polished stainless steel.
Assuming you installed chrome bolts/screws, the hex wrenches when used on the bolts' will crack the chrome plating inside the bolt head and that will lead to rust. Your other option is to clean out the rust and coat the inside of the bolt heads with clear finger nail polish.
Assuming you installed chrome bolts/screws, the hex wrenches when used on the bolts' will crack the chrome plating inside the bolt head and that will lead to rust. Your other option is to clean out the rust and coat the inside of the bolt heads with clear finger nail polish.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Granby, CT
Replace them with polished stainless steel.
Assuming you installed chrome bolts/screws, the hex wrenches when used on the bolts' will crack the chrome plating inside the bolt head and that will lead to rust. Your other option is to clean out the rust and coat the inside of the bolt heads with clear finger nail polish.
Assuming you installed chrome bolts/screws, the hex wrenches when used on the bolts' will crack the chrome plating inside the bolt head and that will lead to rust. Your other option is to clean out the rust and coat the inside of the bolt heads with clear finger nail polish.
Chris
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From: The Burgh
For more $ you can cap all the bolts with chrome Hot Toppers. You'll lose some down the road (free replacement though) and when you wrench on your bike, you'll have to take them off and some are a PITA to take off. Mechanics at dealerships don't like them cause they waste time with them and some will charge you labor to take them off and put them back on.
For much more $ you can replace all your bolts by stainless steel ones. I'm not **** to the point of doing it so I use clear nail polish and it works well enough for me.
Road Master
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From: NYC
Clean the rust out with naval jelly if it's bad.
Rinse well and dry well with a blower of some sort, bike dryer, leaf blower or hair dryer.
Dap a bit of Testors (or other modeling paint) silver paint in where the rust was with a small modeling brush. Gives you the color and rust protection.
Rinse well and dry well with a blower of some sort, bike dryer, leaf blower or hair dryer.
Dap a bit of Testors (or other modeling paint) silver paint in where the rust was with a small modeling brush. Gives you the color and rust protection.
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