1 Surface Corrosion Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:00 pm
jjefferies
Life time member
Being winter here in the Northern Hemisphere, my bikes aren't being ridden as much as I might want. And I just took my Silver K75 for an around the block/island ride to get a bit of lunch. Any excuse to ride anywhere what with Covid, rain, and chill even here in Paradise of S.F. Bay. And before I get started I do acknowledge up front that my riding glasses are tinted red or rose, whatever. One result being that surface rust/corrosion shows more readily. So Looking at the bike I'm seeing all this preliminary surface corrosion on all the shiny metal bolts/fasteners. Red spectacles are wonderful for making the world look rosy and showing up rust. Now in the recent past, my approach has been to take each affected fastener, wire wheel brush it, and then rattle-can spray it with clear coat. This does work to a degree or for a period. But it also seems to allow the corrosion to reform much faster than it did initially. I've also tried fabric wheel polishing the corrosion off which adds a wax coating to the part.
So I'm asking if anyone has a better or more enduring approach to this minor but endemic issue/problem? What does the factory do to keep the fasteners rust free for the initial years? I do realize that stainless steel is one possibility. But is there a youtube video of anti-corrosion coating fasteners? In my situation - at least - the corrosion is of the head and not the threads/body of the fastener.
So I'm asking if anyone has a better or more enduring approach to this minor but endemic issue/problem? What does the factory do to keep the fasteners rust free for the initial years? I do realize that stainless steel is one possibility. But is there a youtube video of anti-corrosion coating fasteners? In my situation - at least - the corrosion is of the head and not the threads/body of the fastener.