Suzuki V-Strom (VStrom) Owners Club DL250, DL650, DL1000 & DL1050

V-Strom specific discussion => V-Strom specific discussion => Topic started by: minkyhead on October 11, 2009, 15:42:38

Title: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: minkyhead on October 11, 2009, 15:42:38

I'm all out of warranty   so  I thought id  sort  the water pump s on the vee and wee  ..I thougt id give them a go in situ  and if it went  naff  take them of  and start again       
        using a dremmel and  some  mini wire bruches     tales all the crap  back to the metal and provides a very smooth base to paint   

         slow the dremmel down and you can blend the paint covering into the bare metal ...finish with fine wire wool 
also on the paint  ...

   halfords  matt engine paint   spreads very smothly   and dries in 10mins ..it has a  kind of matt  satin finish    ..use a couple of fine artists  brushes and the over all finish is  pretty good      ..better than the  furry stuff abyway  ...   <!-- s:thumb: -->:thumb:<!-- s:thumb: -->
   a pretty  easy and cheap  solution 
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Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: V-Strom-Mark on October 11, 2009, 16:12:02

That looks great.   :thumb:

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: Fat Rat on October 11, 2009, 16:30:06

Nice job  :thumb:

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: coopmick on October 11, 2009, 16:37:50

A very nice job :thumb:

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: dogpuf on October 11, 2009, 17:18:16

I like it

Thanks for the methodology - I'll have a go with mine

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: Eric The Viking on October 11, 2009, 19:59:04

Looks much better than the original colour......Nice job :thumb:

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: hookie on October 11, 2009, 21:46:14

Nice job- you must have a lot of patience! The thing that really pees me off about all the bikes I've owned- Jap, Italian and German is how crap the finish is. It all looks OK when new but ride the bike through the winter and even if you really work at keeping it good it always seems to deteriorate terribly. You hear people say that Hondas are best or Beemers hold up well etc etc. but none of them are good at all. If cars went the same way they would loose sales very quickly- remember the wonderful Alfasud- almost broke the company! We just seem to be happy to accept the fact that bikes have crap and very short lived finishes, which in this day and age is not acceptable! Rant over....

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: minkyhead on October 11, 2009, 22:28:56

Quote from: "hookie"

Nice job- you must have a lot of patience! The thing that really pees me off about all the bikes I've owned- Jap, Italian and German is how crap the finish is. It all looks OK when new but ride the bike through the winter and even if you really work at keeping it good it always seems to deteriorate terribly. You hear people say that Hondas are best or Beemers hold up well etc etc. but none of them are good at all. If cars went the same way they would loose sales very quickly- remember the wonderful Alfasud- almost broke the company! We just seem to be happy to accept the fact that bikes have crap and very short lived finishes, which in this day and age is not acceptable! Rant over....

  with u on that hookie        
but in fainess to the   vee and wee       ..the only  blemish is the  pump on both bikes    
and alittle on the disks  inside  edge   they have clocked up 55k   between them    so I can't really complain  
        preperation and painting   two coats  took me about  an hour for each  bike     :grin:
 its not as bad a s it  may  sound     .... :thumb:
   but  your right if tghis was a car  it would  have 5 years on the rust  /corrosion     ###    .....Hello ho     :bawl:

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: KLV-Rider on October 12, 2009, 14:27:01

Great job!

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: Fatbelly on October 13, 2009, 10:18:39

Really most impressive, Minky. I suppose we should wait until after winter to judge but a hand applied coat of paint is nice & thick so it'll probably be no problem at all.

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: jonH on October 14, 2009, 08:58:54

that's a nice piece of work  :thumb:  :thumb:  :thumb:

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: MR TiGGer on October 14, 2009, 18:31:33

Hammerite Silver 'Smoothrite' is also the same colour and theoretically should do the same job. Not tried it on the engine casing but on a bit of the rear rack.

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: thebigcheese on October 08, 2012, 22:09:37

Quote

Hammerite Silver 'Smoothrite'

is this the colour of the engine casing on the vee as well, I'm sure all vstroms have the same silver coulour on the clutch casing.

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: LaKraven on October 08, 2012, 22:19:59

I still say that, for the relatively low cost of having it done, it's better to get the thing powdercoated  :)

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: thebigcheese on October 08, 2012, 22:27:06

for a proper job I agree. however would have to pay the garage to remove the clutch casing, sandblast it, powercoat it, new clutch gasket etc. lots of £££££'s

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: LaKraven on October 08, 2012, 23:48:44

Quote from: "thebigcheese"

for a proper job I agree. however would have to pay the garage to remove the clutch casing, sandblast it, powercoat it, new clutch gasket etc. lots of £££££'s

Got a few spanners/sockets? Remove the damn thing yourself! It's one of the easiest jobs in the world, and will save you £££'s!
Getting it powdercoated should cost you less than £100 and you'll never need to worry about it again (long term savings)

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: greywolf on October 08, 2012, 23:57:12

When mine corroded, I got a new one for around that cost.

Title: Re: water pump corrosion sorted
Post by: LaKraven on October 09, 2012, 00:39:15

Quote from: "greywolf"

When mine corroded, I got a new one for around that cost.

Yes, and then it corrodes again. Just powdercoat it and within the time it takes for one to corrode from new it's paid for itself :P