Cleaning and polishing cylinder heads and jugs ?

[Sven]

If I may interject. I know you know you can grab a wrench and take off and all that, but engine assembly is to be sano like you're in surgery. Just my opinion and John might agree, I'd off the valves, do the work, literally run little size tube bottle brushes that run thru every last hole. Especially working the thread holes.

Here's why. The red flag came up when I saw the tape on the heads. That meant no full head clean. Hand that head to me and say put it on your race bike? Or say we got this back for the customer and put it on his bike? Not with my ass on it or name on it, no.

And another thing, nice layout. I'm sure you have an enclosed booth for the polishing? Made a booth out of cardboard and glad I did. I'd run like 3 mandates around the head. Nasty work. Cough, worth the reward it was in house and got the deep gouges smooth like it wasn't there.

 

[screamindemon]

After polishing the heads will be completely disassembled and thoroughly cleaned again. The current valves and springs will not be used. John will be porting and polishing the heads and cleaning again.

 

[Coolbreezin]

I powdercoated mine because Im too lazy to polish each fin individually. However, wouldnt a dremel with a polishing tip be more productive than any other process?

 

[Sven]

Cool, the quick and dirty, literally, is a standup drill, not a bench drill or the back goes. The fluff wheels for the finish. The stiff wheels for the first cuts. Smallest bars of rogue you can find because it's a one time deal and all that. The fluff wheel is the enclosure.

Gotta add heat to move things. The piece is so big, you have fling out of hands and that's all the old lady's pillows on the floor. Using a drem is like picking a tooth of an elephant. You want to pick a flea's tooth with a tree.

And with the upright, you can select the belt speed and put a good dent in the Chevelle from here.... (guess).

 

[screamindemon]

I powdercoated mine because Im too lazy to polish each fin individually. However, wouldnt a dremel with a polishing tip be more productive than any other process?

The pedestal buffer works really well for the fins. I got the jugs done, there look great ! Working on the heads now.
I'll post pics when i get finished.

 

[screamindemon]

Well that definitely took longer than I thought but we got them done. They look pretty good. The pedestal buffer worked great on the fins but couldn’t get in to the area around the spark plug. Had to use buffs on a drill. Bought a buffing kit from Harbor Freight the larger buffs worked ok but the small hard ones did not work well left marks. I also found I could not use the Tripoli on the small buffs seemed to hard and dry. We ended up using marine buffing compound.
Anyway here are a couple pictures. The lighting is not that great it had got dark.

 

[screamindemon]

 

[screamindemon]

Still want to go back and put a couple coats of Mothers on them.

 

[john sachs]

Still want to go back and put a couple coats of Mothers on them.

Wait till the work is finished before the Mothers.
John

 

[BryanPratt]

Good thought I love to see people group various thoughts a few of us like to do a few things and others like to do different things.

 

[Mr. Wright]

Good thought I love to see people group various thoughts a few of us like to do a few things and others like to do different things.

These bikes are like a fine woman, and it takes a lot of loving and rubbing to keep them satisfied. Sometimes the use of a mechanical device is necessary.

 

[aspen874]

These bikes are like a fine woman, and it takes a lot of loving and rubbing to keep them satisfied. Sometimes the use of a mechanical device is necessary.

I have the same problem with my wife

 

[Coolbreezin]

These bikes are like a fine woman, and it takes a lot of loving and rubbing to keep them satisfied. Sometimes the use of a mechanical device is necessary.

We said. But in my case it's called high maintenance.

 

[BryanPratt]

These bikes are like a fine woman, and it takes a lot of loving and rubbing to keep them satisfied. Sometimes the use of a mechanical device is necessary.

LOL, but you have a good point, I agreed