Powdercoating my front wheel ?

blownygti · Trackday Trickster Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Karma :

I am looking into getting my front wheel powdercoated I have found a place that will do it for £30 my only problem is I don`t have any tools stands etc to remove the wheel anyone know if there are any places I can take my bike to in the north west where they have facilities to remove wheel tyre spray then refit ? otherwise I will have to buy an abba stand for £100 pay for someone to remove and refit wheel as well its going to be nearly £200 just for a wheel respray, not sure what to do for the best !!!
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t121anf · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Karma :

i'm guessing your bike doesn't have a centre stand?

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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Get 2 mates to lift the front end up then slide a plastic beer crate under the headers?

Trolley jack and a piece of wood under the headers.

For both of these you'll need to buy/ borrow a rear paddock stand. They are only £20 or something, come in handy for lubing the chain anyway.

Get some tie down straps and loop these around the headstock and then around some beams in the roof and lift.

There are loads of bodge ways you just need a little imagination.

Axle stands under your foot rests if you have solid ones to lift the back then either of the above under the headers.
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t121anf · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Karma :

i wouldn't use bricks as they can crumble under strain, use blocks of wood.

Kal · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Karma :

beams in your garage? A couple of rachet straps can do wonders for keeping the bike upright and stable.

Thers part of me that loves shit like this - its an excuse to buy tools that I don't already have.
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sanchezz_182 · Crazy Courier Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Karma :

Put the bike on its sidestand shove a trolly jack ( borrow steal or buy for the pricly sum of £15) under the front of the exhaust and jack away. Bit of advice though, undo all of the bolts necessary to get the front wheel of before hand as on some bikes it ca be a bit wobbly.
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---- · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Karma :

Wouldn't even need a trolley jack.
Just use sidestand,then some rope around the bike to pull it over a bit(tied to a fence e.t.c.)
As said above,undo all bolts before hand...

Definately wouldn't jack it up from the exhaust though.
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Scouse · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Karma :

Always just use a bog standard car jack underneath mine and leave it there with the jack, rear wheel and centre stand holding it up. The garage I used to go to for tyres always did it that way, hence where I got the idea from.

tutton · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Karma :

Maybe its only me who has there kind of things in my garage,
but i just found a long peice of metal that looks similar to a axle, put that in where the axle would be normally, then either use a jack to hold that axle up or rest the axle on a car wheel in the garage probably no good for my forks.. but oh well.
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