just ordered 2 - should have them in a few days
Rear window replacement gears (1 Viewer)
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Who did you buy them from?
WarDamnEagle
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Yep
WarDamnEagle
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So what flavor of Nylon 12 is everyone ordering? I was looking at the White Processed Versatile Plastic for $20 each.
Blastservices
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I just asked Evan and he sent me grey ones…
Blastservices
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Here ya go! Pics for reference. Don’t forget to add some waterproof grease of some sort.
Looks good. Did you have your mechanicals replated?
Blastservices
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Yes.
That looks great, I just ordered two. How much did replating cost? I would love to have this done just not sure around here where I could get this done.
There’s a shop in Utah that does yellow zinc plating.
FYI - I’m gonna use this shop in Utah.
Quality Plating Co., Inc. | Quality Plating
www.qualityplating.com
Blastservices
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So I did the prep work and lightly blasted with AE grade glass bead. At 25psi. You can’t just blast stuff and have it zinc’d or it will have a deep profile and look goofy.
You will want to call around your local area for an electroplating business and ask if they do yellow zinc. My cost and what someone else would pay will differ because I own a surface prep company. I do not do plating though. I just handed them to a customer of mine all prepped and said yellow zinc this please.
You will want to call around your local area for an electroplating business and ask if they do yellow zinc. My cost and what someone else would pay will differ because I own a surface prep company. I do not do plating though. I just handed them to a customer of mine all prepped and said yellow zinc this please.
Hey Blast,
When I bead blasted mine, there was a lot of residual material stuck in hard to get out of places. Window cranks were the worse. What was your method of flushing out the grit?
When I bead blasted mine, there was a lot of residual material stuck in hard to get out of places. Window cranks were the worse. What was your method of flushing out the grit?
Blastservices
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CFM is the key. Lots of volume of air. It’s not fair to compare because a home run or small business blast cabinet / compressor isn’t the same results as what is happening with my parts.
When you move a great deal of air and small amount of media (in this case spherical bead) it cleans properly as it should. If you are finding your media piling up on the surface you are cleaning it’s generally because your compressor isn’t pumping enough CFM. Which is very normal and not your fault it’s just most compressors cannot keep up with any type of blasting. But, most try anyways.
Dang, awesome, thanks!
Is there an ideal CFM that's obtainable with shop compressor to accomplish what your describing? Building shop this winter and putting together list of things I want to fill it.
Blastservices
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This is a pocket reference one of the manufactures or real sandblast equipment gave me years ago. It’s pretty basic stuff. It’s not lieing either.
When it says nozzle size… think drill bit size… yep that’s right!
When it says nozzle size… think drill bit size… yep that’s right!
WarDamnEagle
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Interesting information. So maybe a better question is what's your business address so we can just mail our parts?
fj55-100
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early gear is done ,.
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Good job! Thanks man, now everybody is covered.
