bead blasting

[nottonight68]

do bearings need to be removed before bead blasting engine casings ? also what about cylinder liners?

[cafe*racer]

Bead blasting is generally done with silica (ground glass) media. Will destroy your engine if any bits are left behind. Recommend everything be stripped down to bare parts if you go the bead blasting route, and then cleaned and rinsed thoroughly afterward. I think soda blasting is the way to go if you can get it done because the media breaks down and rinses away easily with water. Check out other posts on cleaning. Simple Green works great if you follow Steve's procedure for using it. Also check out this site http://www.machinerycleanery.com for cleaning brushes. Good Luck, Jordan

[MartinMille BANNED]

Now your talking some good old elbow grease to get everything back to how it used to be done , I should buy a set as they are just down the road so to speak from me , I do have an SD coming that will get experimented on when I get it ,

Talk about cleaning your engine , you guys use simple green in the US , I have tried it and must say it did do a good job on the cleaning side , but boy oh boy if any traces of the stuff are left behind its a real sh!t to remove when dry,here in Australia years ago I used to use a cleaner that worked better than simple green but I couldn't remember the name of the stuff, last week I was looking for some black paint and blow me down there it was , The cleaner that I used all those years ago on the Mille to keep it looking smick , It is made by Kenco , " Shift it " is what it called , no more road grime etc BUT I use it 50/50 and its way to strong and will burn your polished alloy covers ,since I had to do them again I didn't bother shielding them from the spray after you use Shift it is comes very close to the bead blast finish all you got to do then is dry it and start polishing

After the engine cases and heads where cleaned with Shift it