The paint I used was gloss black Hammerite, it's all I had to hand last night. If thinned a little bit it brushes nicely, I use it for lots of small parts.
Tonights project:
I took some time and carefully set the rear wheel allignment and I now have the drive belt running completely on the pulley. It's right on the edge of the pulley and I still have a small gap between the belt and the tyre (about 2mm). It's fairly easy to do, just slacken the axle and set with the adjusting bolts. Initially I set it exactly even with a vernier as I would on a motorcycle, but the belt was (only just) touching the tyre. I had to set the right side adjustment about 1mm longer. Before I started the belt was running 5mm off the edge of the pulley.
Spanner check on all the fastners, to make sure nothing has slackened off, these machines do vibrate a bit. A note of interest here, there is a mix of metric and imperial fastners (unc & unf) on these cars. Care is needed to use the correct size of spanners.
I have ordered up some M3 threaded inserts and M3 button headed stainless allen bolts. These are to replace the black wood screws
used to secure the rear wheel cover. These will be a more elegant solution. This cover will have to be removed on a regular basis to clean around the rear wheel area.
Last edited by ivanford; 22/03/12 05:57 PM.
