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liquid cooled
05-13-2008, 02:33 PM
Did you take them apart or leave them together (Ie pull the seals out), did you have any problems if you left the seals in there?

RedSiBaron
05-13-2008, 03:20 PM
Did you take them apart or leave them together (Ie pull the seals out), did you have any problems if you left the seals in there?

id strongly advise pulling the rubber out, the powder coating process would more than likely ruin them, though putting the rear seals back in can be a bitch, it took 2 people when i did it

05silversi
05-14-2008, 09:55 PM
Will need to strip them all the way down.

Powdercoat oven cures at ~400 deg. F. And they will be media/sand blast prepped for adhesion.

liquid cooled
05-17-2008, 08:18 AM
Any particular way to get them apart or things I should know when reassembling them?

05silversi
05-17-2008, 04:59 PM
Dissasembly: should be pretty straightforward except for the pucks, convention is to use compressed air. Can be done without it, but are gonna have to get creative.

Reassembly: use new seals.

liquid cooled
05-17-2008, 06:58 PM
^ thanks, did it today easy as hell, found out one of the boots was torn anyways, I just took off the bolt where the line goes in and used a punch and rubber mallet to take out the piston itself.