Rubber Plug Things In Frame!
#1
Posted 04 October 2020 - 08:43 pm
What are the little rubber plug things on the inside surfaces of the frame?
I know they'll have to be removed prior to coating, so do they pull out, push through or what?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Gordon.
#2
Posted 04 October 2020 - 08:58 pm
Do you gots a pic?
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#3
Posted 05 October 2020 - 02:02 am
If it has appeared, the bits I'm concerned with are the little 'pips' beside the brake light switch. Ta. 20201004_175040.jpg 126.07KB 0 downloads
#4
Posted 05 October 2020 - 08:33 am
Hello and welcome. Sorry can't help with your query, I'd prolly just try pulling on them and if that doesn't work, give 'em a lick.
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#5
Posted 05 October 2020 - 09:28 am
That was my first thought, to pull on em I mean...
I resisted calling them nipples for that very reason! 😜
#6
Posted 05 October 2020 - 09:28 am
Hi all, so,I've stripped my 850 mk2 to the bare frame in preparation for powder coating and a complete rebuild.
What are the little rubber plug things on the inside surfaces of the frame?
I know they'll have to be removed prior to coating, so do they pull out, push through or what?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Gordon.
Leave them in is my advice but make your own decision. I blasted my frame with an industrial strength blaster and they copped no harm. The blaster also cost me 20 hrs of life flatting the frame before painting........so choose the blaster/ media used wisely.....hth
Just reread your post and that you intend to coat it....so ignore unless you're painting...
Edited by Apache, 05 October 2020 - 09:30 am.
#7
Posted 05 October 2020 - 09:43 am
Had a go at pulling one out, they're tight little blighters!
As an aside, I'm thinking of having the frame coated a nice graphite/dark grey. The bike is a '98 4TX in Black/Metallic Blue Cocktail at the moment. But, I'm thinking classic Yamaha yellow in the future.
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#8
Posted 07 October 2020 - 03:19 pm
I am sure those little rubber things are for items to rest against and keep them off the frame.
#9
Posted 08 October 2020 - 12:12 pm
Nothing wrong with a good tug!
Can they be teased out with a small screw driver or the like?
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