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I've been thinking (I know, not a good thing) about the sorry state of my OME's. The much vaunted springs are pretty darn rusty, the only rust on an otherwise clean Cruiser. When they articulate and even when lightly flexing they creak and groan, and it's obvious that there's rust in between the leaves, despite regular greasing.
I did a little SEARCH and came up with comments about taking the spring packs apart, cleaning up each leaf and painting them with SLIP PLATE or other similar graphite paint. I might try that, but I have a question:
In theory, less friction between each leaf in the springpack should result in better movement of each leaf independent of the others, which is a good thing. But would this decrease in friction lead to the springpack themselves flexing better? I guess what I want to know is whether the improvement will be mostly on the ride itself or if the springs will flex MORE now that there is less friction between the leaves?
Is this worth it? Keep in mind that I would have to do this during the weekend, outside in an apartment parking lot, with hand tools (except for a wire wheel on a grinder)...opinions, anyone?
Would it matter if I had the springpacks media-blasted instead? In the essence of time, this may be a better deal for me, even with the added cost....
Comments welcome, I've been trying to get motivated and restart some of my projects now that I have some time, but the budget is tight, I can't go nuts.
I did a little SEARCH and came up with comments about taking the spring packs apart, cleaning up each leaf and painting them with SLIP PLATE or other similar graphite paint. I might try that, but I have a question:
In theory, less friction between each leaf in the springpack should result in better movement of each leaf independent of the others, which is a good thing. But would this decrease in friction lead to the springpack themselves flexing better? I guess what I want to know is whether the improvement will be mostly on the ride itself or if the springs will flex MORE now that there is less friction between the leaves?
Is this worth it? Keep in mind that I would have to do this during the weekend, outside in an apartment parking lot, with hand tools (except for a wire wheel on a grinder)...opinions, anyone?
Would it matter if I had the springpacks media-blasted instead? In the essence of time, this may be a better deal for me, even with the added cost....
Comments welcome, I've been trying to get motivated and restart some of my projects now that I have some time, but the budget is tight, I can't go nuts.