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It seems this batch is sold out (thank you guys and enjoy!)
I have this super lightweight set available if anyone interested, please PM me for details.
Next batch will have a price increase, not much probably, but my CNC shop told me both the materials and electricity went up, so they won't be able to keep the price that low.
Really excited to get these installed in the next few weeks. It's unclear to me if the shop will know which sealant to use, and now I can't seem to find the recommendation. Can someone help me out with which sealant I should be using for these?
If your chain boxes are in good shape (no pitting) you could go with Loctite 574 just like crankcase halves or cam towers. In general I’m using Elring Dirko HT Grey sealant for the covers (a thin layer with a slight touch of a finger to spread is enough). This is more forgiving for corrosion on the boxes and that sealant was recommended in the thread by me due to tests being done using it.
If your chain boxes are in good shape (no pitting) you could go with Loctite 574 just like crankcase halves or cam towers. In general I’m using Elring Dirko HT Grey sealant for the covers (a thin layer with a slight touch of a finger to spread is enough). This is more forgiving for corrosion on the boxes and that sealant was recommended in the thread by me due to tests being done using it.
Unfortunately I have not received the chain case covers and I am somewhat apprehensive that the package may be lost in the mail. See the tracking results below --- the covers seem to be bouncing back and forth between New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts endlessly (I am in California). I have been trying to discuss this with USPS without any luck so far.
Has any rennlister been through this and have any tips?
Follow up -- I received the covers today and they look marvelous.
USPS is truly in a terrible state. Postal digital scanning readers kept on mis-scanning my address, which caused the package to bounce back and forth between MA and NH for 11 days.
Every time I contacted a USPS employee, they just told me that nothing could be done ---- I spoke w USPS on the phone, at the post office, as well as on Zuckbook social media ---- all those employees were useless.
FINALLY, incredibly, I found a subreddit on Reddit that focuses on USPS issues.
A super duper kind anonymous person on Reddit who somehow knows his/her way around the USPS system went and corrected the mis-scanned address in the system and "forced a USPS re-acceptance" of the package in Michigan (of all places) ... and the package got to me in less than 24 hours (from Boston to California!!!!)
For those here who may have installed them already, how are they holding up? Is there an instruction page to share with the shop who will install them? Thanks
For those here who may have installed them already, how are they holding up? Is there an instruction page to share with the shop who will install them? Thanks
Just mount surface to surface, like crank case halves. For sealant use Dirko HT Grey (just a thin layer applied on the sealing edge of the covers) or you can go with Loctite 574 (same as crank case halves) if your boxes are in good shape (no pitting).
Torque by hand to first resistance (sealant contact and light push out of it) in any order and then torque to 7Nm trying to kind of go with torquing order like across sides.
Easy stuff for any workshop if you give them sealant name and torque specs.
I might create a drawing for future use though so it will be more pro haha :-)
Guys as s65e90 changed his mind and decided to go with raw aluminium finish (so no finish at all) he has one set in Black for sale. So anyone in the US that is in need for the covers goes to him first, no need to wait for the next batch :-)
As a remainder, there is one set in Black available in US that you can get directly from @s65e90 and there is one set in Silver in Australia via @Michael D'Silva and I have also this super light set made from graphite (MoS2) reinforced polyamide and titanium bolts. See post #270
06-03-2024, 06:18 AM
