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Newly chromed parts
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Rechroming and dull alloy parts
I contacted several chrome plating businesses but it seems that prices for rechroming are skyrocking in Germany. Some shops were not even interested as old parts mean a lot of preparing. Also prices for alloy polishing are in price regions nowaday I am not willing to pay.
So, I have now sent a punsch of parts to the Czech Repulic were rechroming is cheaper but they also said the handling time will be over sic months. I will try to polish the rear wheel hub myself. Lets see how all of this works out.
Easter Ride
With the help of an old Aermacchi friend I found the reason why the bike spit oil out of the exhaust. The fitting (oil inlet) on the cylinder was defective and over time 2- Stroke oil flooded the crankcase simply by beeing parked in the garage. The fitting has an integrated back pressure valve. I replaced the oil-line fitting and removed the excessive oil from the crankcase and from the exhaust and since then the bike runs good again after spreading the remaining oil everywhere in my driveway out of the exhaust.
New exhaust muffler and rubber parts
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New seat cover
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seat / rear wheel
I finished with restoring the seat frame. I replaced every single spring with a new one. I also shortend them to fit exactly to their position in the frame. This took more time then someone might think. The seat together with the kneepads for the tanks will go to a professional saddler to recover them.
I also progressed on the rear wheel and removed the ball bearings which are two FAG standard size “6302” with open cage.
3D printed spring compressor
I have designed a spring compressor that fits the Chimera monoshock and printed it in PETG on my 3D-Printer. I wasn’t sure if it will work but the material proofed to be strong enough and it worked very good.
Powder coating
All parts of the seat brackets as well as the kneepads for the gas tank are now freshly powder coated.
Kneepads
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