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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Redline on March 10, 2008, 11:50 AM

Title: Suntour XCI and XCII Beartrap Pedals
Post by: Redline on March 10, 2008, 11:50 AM: Hey there,

Just picked a nice set of early version 9/16 Suntour Beartraps off the bay.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/m22/cheekythirtysix/Beartraps.jpg)

Just wondered if anyone knows if the black cages are an anodised finish or not as I want to "mint" them up!

Any advice would be much appreciated guys!

Cheers

John
Title: Re: Suntour XCI and XCII Beartrap Pedals
Post by: Mattdub on March 10, 2008, 11:58 AM: Hey John ,

The cages are powdered I think ;)

Matt
Title: Re: Suntour XCI and XCII Beartrap Pedals
Post by: Redline on March 10, 2008, 12:10 PM: Hey Matt,

Yeh from memory I thought that too... but now I have them the finish seems way too thin for powder??

John
Title: Re: Suntour XCI and XCII Beartrap Pedals
Post by: not4fun on March 10, 2008, 12:17 PM: Pretty sure they are anodised, I stripped some rough ones with oven pride and polished them and they came up nice.
Title: Re: Suntour XCI and XCII Beartrap Pedals
Post by: Redline on March 10, 2008, 12:29 PM: How does ovenpride affect chrome... the allen bolts have some rust in them.... would ovenpride remove the rust and not affect the chrome on the bolts?

John
Title: Re: Suntour XCI and XCII Beartrap Pedals
Post by: not4fun on March 10, 2008, 12:36 PM: I took them apart on only stripped the cages.
Title: Re: Suntour XCI and XCII Beartrap Pedals
Post by: etriedes on March 10, 2008, 03:23 PM: The cages are anodised
Title: Re: Suntour XCI and XCII Beartrap Pedals
Post by: Mattdub on March 10, 2008, 05:51 PM: Quote from: not4fun on March 10, 2008, 12:17 PM
Pretty sure they are anodised, I stripped some rough ones with oven pride and polished them and they came up nice.

That'll be right then , never tried to strip any TBH :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Suntour XCI and XCII Beartrap Pedals
Post by: MartyC on March 10, 2008, 07:28 PM: Quote from: cheekythirtysix on March 10, 2008, 12:29 PM
How does ovenpride affect chrome... the allen bolts have some rust in them.... would ovenpride remove the rust and not affect the chrome on the bolts?

John

Ovenpride won't touch the rust, best thing there is to pop them into a drill and use some fine wire wool, alternatively try and find a nut and bolt shop that does replacement ones, which is what I am going to do for mine. If I find some I'll drop you a note :daumenhoch:.

Marty :)
Title: Re: Suntour XCI and XCII Beartrap Pedals
Post by: Redline on March 11, 2008, 09:48 AM: ... cheers for all your helpful advice guys!!

Nice one!!

John