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Title: Polishing Carbs
Post by: mijohnso on April 04, 2011, 04:29:01 PM

So I pulled the carbs off my bike over the weekend (pictures to follow in a different post), and the tops of them (vacuum chamber caps) are all grungy. What are these made of? Can I polish them without them immediately developing large amounts of rust? Is it bad to polish off the gold-ish coating?

Thank you for your help!

Title: Re: Polishing Carbs
Post by: Flying Scotsman on April 04, 2011, 04:59:47 PM

Why not paint them.

Title: Re: Polishing Carbs
Post by: racerrad8 on April 04, 2011, 05:42:25 PM

Quote from: mijohnso on April 04, 2011, 04:29:01 PM
What are these made of? Can I polish them without them immediately developing large amounts of rust?

Steel and nope. Unless after you polish you have them clear coated.

Randy - RPM

Title: Re: Polishing Carbs
Post by: mijohnso on April 04, 2011, 09:08:45 PM

Thanks for the info... Maybe I'll paint them... Maybe I'll just accept their ugliness and work on "more visible" parts of the bike.

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