CA77E Deconstruction

rrietman · Post by **rrietman** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 11:24 pm

I have forks, fenders, and headlite buckets available. now it's going to get expensive with shipping coast to coast.
Good luck
Randy

Dr. Frankenstein · Post by **Dr. Frankenstein** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:55 am

Hi guys - yes, I decided to take your advice and got a set of forks on Ebay for $41 shipped; not too bad. Yesterday I stripped the paint off the ones I have as much as I could and scraped a lot of the rust off, but where the mounting bolt goes through the fork was flimsy enough to waggle when I moved it with my hands, so I bit the bullet and got a decent set. Without the paint on it was a bit uglier than I expected.

The fender and headlight bucket I think I'll just scrape/de-rust as much as I can and braze or otherwise fill the pinholes in them, then go at them with some primer/filler; I did the same thing with that red CA95 and that came out OK. A little Bondo on the fender, maybe, if I can get it clean enough.

Do any of you guys know of a good way to get in and scrub between the engine fins?? I was thinking maybe a pizza oven brush might work, but I don't know if it would be robust enough...

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:36 am

Wise decision on the forks. Plenty of good ones out there.

Cleaning engines is one job I get others to do for me.

I have a small bead blaster & ultrasonic cleaner but cylinder heads and barrels often have baked-on crud that I can’t move.

G

Dr. Frankenstein wrote:Hi guys - yes, I decided to take your advice and got a set of forks on Ebay for $41 shipped; not too bad. Yesterday I stripped the paint off the ones I have as much as I could and scraped a lot of the rust off, but where the mounting bolt goes through the fork was flimsy enough to waggle when I moved it with my hands, so I bit the bullet and got a decent set. Without the paint on it was a bit uglier than I expected.

The fender and headlight bucket I think I'll just scrape/de-rust as much as I can and braze or otherwise fill the pinholes in them, then go at them with some primer/filler; I did the same thing with that red CA95 and that came out OK. A little Bondo on the fender, maybe, if I can get it clean enough.

Do any of you guys know of a good way to get in and scrub between the engine fins?? I was thinking maybe a pizza oven brush might work, but I don't know if it would be robust enough...

Dr. Frankenstein · Post by **Dr. Frankenstein** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:52 am

Small bead blaster...? What's the setup? A DIY thing, or real equipment? How big a compressor are you running?

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 10:09 am

The bead blaster is hobby unit, about 3ft x 2ft x 2ft.

Cannot remember on the compressor but it’s a twin cylinder model with a big tank.

Beadblasters are quite hungry on air consumption.

G

Dr. Frankenstein wrote:Small bead blaster...? What's the setup? A DIY thing, or real equipment? How big a compressor are you running?

Dr. Frankenstein · Post by **Dr. Frankenstein** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 10:20 am

3x2x2? Who makes it?

I found this one for just $139 -
https://www.tptools.com/HOBBY-PRO-HP-50 ... ?b=d*23498

No vacuum, but I'm sure I could rig one. Again, until you mentioned it I had no idea they made them that small! That's awesome! Gotta tell the wife about that for my birthday...;)

It's air requirement is 7-20 cfm air @ 80 psi, but my HF 21-gallon only pushes 5.8 CFM @ 40 PSI, 4.7 CFM @ 90 PSI...don't know if that would be enough -

Seadog · Post by **Seadog** » Sat Jan 12, 2019 10:42 am

I have used round brass brushes - similar to bottle brushes - with success. I got a bag of mixed sizes at Harbor Freight, as well as a quantity of one size from ebay.