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Updates on the Bean -
I'm still looking for a couple of good condition front fenders. I put a 'Wanted' add in the classifieds, so we'll see if anyone on MUD has anything to offer...all my other leads came up dry.
This week I finally took my bumpers in for powder-coating at the local outfit. I've gone back and fourth for the last few months on whether I wanted to paint them myself or have them powder-coated. It seems like everything I have ever owned that has been powder-coated has failed in less than a few years. I had actually decided I was going to have the bumpers sandblasted so I could paint them, but the local powder-coater convinced me to powder them. The do a really nice job by sandblasting and cleaning everything really well, then they prime and bake, then they go back and put the powder over the primer. I had a few test pieces done and they came out really well! They said it should easily last 10+ years. I think that's a bit of an over-promise, but I'm taking the gamble...
As for the sliders, they are going to sandblast them so I can give them a good rattle-can job with some industrial paint. There is no doubt that they will get chewed up, so being able to touch them up with the rattle can is key.
Here are the light rings I had sandblasted and coated to test the quality of their work.
Before:
After:
I also have my winch torn apart right now because the drum was super rusty from the synthetic rope sitting on it for the past few years. I was going to clean it up and reuse it, but I found that the outer flanges of the drum are no longer square to the drum itself. I read online that this can happen during angled pulls with the synthetic line if the line isn't spooled well and it gets bound up.
I ordered a new drum a few months ago from Summit and it is still backordered... The shipping date was supposed to be April 10th, but now the new shipping date is early May. I'm taking the time to clean everything up and re-grease it all. I'll do a separate post about the process another time, but I got a little into the weeds on this one!
Hard to tell in this photo, but the flanges are not square to the drum.
Probably didn't need to tear it down this far, but everything seems to be in really good shape!
This was my first time taking a winch apart and I didn't realize that the brake inside the drum is factory wound to a certain spec. Well...it unwound on me. It's not exactly rocket science and I was able to rewind it to what I thought was correct, but I read online that if the tension is off even a little, your winch spooling can have issues. I called Warn and they said they would re-wind it if I sent it in. Since I had the time, I sent it in and they re-wound it for me. It was back in a week and all I had to pay was the shipping to them ($8). Well worth the peace of mind that it was done correctly. What great customer service!!
I'm still looking for a couple of good condition front fenders. I put a 'Wanted' add in the classifieds, so we'll see if anyone on MUD has anything to offer...all my other leads came up dry.
This week I finally took my bumpers in for powder-coating at the local outfit. I've gone back and fourth for the last few months on whether I wanted to paint them myself or have them powder-coated. It seems like everything I have ever owned that has been powder-coated has failed in less than a few years. I had actually decided I was going to have the bumpers sandblasted so I could paint them, but the local powder-coater convinced me to powder them. The do a really nice job by sandblasting and cleaning everything really well, then they prime and bake, then they go back and put the powder over the primer. I had a few test pieces done and they came out really well! They said it should easily last 10+ years. I think that's a bit of an over-promise, but I'm taking the gamble...
As for the sliders, they are going to sandblast them so I can give them a good rattle-can job with some industrial paint. There is no doubt that they will get chewed up, so being able to touch them up with the rattle can is key.
Here are the light rings I had sandblasted and coated to test the quality of their work.
Before:
After:
I also have my winch torn apart right now because the drum was super rusty from the synthetic rope sitting on it for the past few years. I was going to clean it up and reuse it, but I found that the outer flanges of the drum are no longer square to the drum itself. I read online that this can happen during angled pulls with the synthetic line if the line isn't spooled well and it gets bound up.
I ordered a new drum a few months ago from Summit and it is still backordered... The shipping date was supposed to be April 10th, but now the new shipping date is early May. I'm taking the time to clean everything up and re-grease it all. I'll do a separate post about the process another time, but I got a little into the weeds on this one!
Hard to tell in this photo, but the flanges are not square to the drum.
Probably didn't need to tear it down this far, but everything seems to be in really good shape!
This was my first time taking a winch apart and I didn't realize that the brake inside the drum is factory wound to a certain spec. Well...it unwound on me. It's not exactly rocket science and I was able to rewind it to what I thought was correct, but I read online that if the tension is off even a little, your winch spooling can have issues. I called Warn and they said they would re-wind it if I sent it in. Since I had the time, I sent it in and they re-wound it for me. It was back in a week and all I had to pay was the shipping to them ($8). Well worth the peace of mind that it was done correctly. What great customer service!!
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