Honda CX500, GL500, CX650C - Painting the rear drum brake cover
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The outside of this particular brake drum cover could do with some TLC:
Don't lose the little tab:
Take note of the inside - it's keyed so it can only go back on one way:
A sink scourer and steel pan scrubber:
...and a little bit of metho to help get some of the grease off:
Ten minutes of scrubbing gets us to here:
Masking off areas with some tape:
Note: Next time we will leave the tip of the spline unmasked. Only the head of the screw needs painting:
Undercoat applied - in this case we are using Duplicolor High Heat engine primer:
More undercoating:
Including the little tab:
Gloss black Duplicolor High Heat:
We'll update with a photo of it on the bike.
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