29. SHOCK TREATMENT

ZX10 shock revamp

The monoshock,off a Kawasaki ZX10,was looking rather used so after dismemberment it was out with the paint stripper & wire brush,maskage, and on with a nice coat or 3 of VHTs black wrinkle from a spraybomb. Whipped out the heat gun to speed things up.

ZX10 shock b4

ZX10 shock during

28.REAR WHEEL BEARINGS

Checked the back wheel bearings & lo they were well past it so I found my home made 4 prong socket & whipped the locking collar off .Then out with the map gas torch to warm up the hub & then 'drift' ( a euphemism -for smack the hell out of-) the bearings/ spacer out.
A quick visit to the local bearing shop on the way home from work netted me a pair of 6302-2RS's.
Once more with the torch & job done.

Rear wheel bearings

27. REAR WHEEL FACELIFT

Spent some time bringing the tatty old 18" rear comstar back to life.
Used paintstripper to remove years of paint & grime then gave it  a good going over with wet & dry sandpaper before taking ages to mask it all off B4 spraying with matt black primer then a nice satin black.
Punched out the old knackered 6302 bearings & had a new Shinko 120/90 x 18 fitted.

Rear wheel B4

Painting rear wheel

Finished rear wheel