Powdercoat on Motors
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Powdercoat on Motors
I had my 48 ul rebuilt last year by a guy who has been working on Harleys since the early 50's. Had this basket case for 30 years and did the rest of the bike myself. He suggested having the motor powdercoated when I di the rest of the parts. Last night the motor partially siezed. Have not torn it down yet. Was this a stupid move to let them put powder on the motor. Thanks! [/img]
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Steve!
I did a ULH a few years ago, with heavily powdercoated cylinders.
.070" oversize at that!
(You wouldn't powder coat anything else on a motor but cylinders, would you?)
Since everything else was in proper order, it ran cool and strong here in Illinois, and apparently equally well for the owner in hot Florida even with a sidehack, since I haven't heard of any problems.
BUT...
You can expect the powdercoating to burn off upon the exhaust ports, so touch them up with heat paint. If you had castiron heads, then you will need much more paint.
Methinks blaming powdercoating for overheating is a diversion from other problems.....Suspect #1: http://virtualindian.org/11techleaktest.html
....Cotten
I did a ULH a few years ago, with heavily powdercoated cylinders.
.070" oversize at that!
(You wouldn't powder coat anything else on a motor but cylinders, would you?)
Since everything else was in proper order, it ran cool and strong here in Illinois, and apparently equally well for the owner in hot Florida even with a sidehack, since I haven't heard of any problems.
BUT...
You can expect the powdercoating to burn off upon the exhaust ports, so touch them up with heat paint. If you had castiron heads, then you will need much more paint.
Methinks blaming powdercoating for overheating is a diversion from other problems.....Suspect #1: http://virtualindian.org/11techleaktest.html
....Cotten
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I rebuilt my UL several years ago. I had my cylinders coated by a product supplied by Performance Coatings in Auburn, Washington. http://www.performancecoatings.com/ It was some sort of coating that they put on air-cooled cylinders that draws heat away from the cylinder. It is not the usual powder coating. It is flat black so it looks good. In over two years and about 2,000 miles, nary a spot of rust and no evidence of overheating. I have alumimum heads.
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I have to agree with Cotten here, I experimented with powder coat on one of my flatheads and (knock on wood) I haven't had any problems so far.
I would check some of the other over-heating sources: lean mixture; either the manifold is sucking air or the carb is set wrong. Or the timing isn't right.
Partially seized? Are you getting enough oil in the right places?
I wouldn't blame the powder coat, I'd look somewhere else.
just my opinion.
mike
I would check some of the other over-heating sources: lean mixture; either the manifold is sucking air or the carb is set wrong. Or the timing isn't right.
Partially seized? Are you getting enough oil in the right places?
I wouldn't blame the powder coat, I'd look somewhere else.
just my opinion.
mike
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Re: Powdercoat on Motors
I had an Indian 741B, bored and stroked out to 750, with powder coated barrels. It never overheated either.