front brake discs & lower fork piece

[acemoney]

2 different subjects here


1) i want to powdercoat the inner part of the brake discs. is it easy to seperate the two sections and put back together, if so can someone fill me in on how to do that? can the outer piece just be taped off and powdercoat the whole thing togther? someone floated me the idea of powdercoating the whole thing and then using a lathe to lathe off the powder of just the part the brake contact point is, is that possible or even probable? what is the best method to achieve powdercoating the inner brake disc?


2) in an earier post i asked how to remove the lower fork piece from the fork slider and although the info i received was great and i DID get it removed (one of the guys is going to say "i told you so") i did manage to screw it up a little bit. i managed to screw up the threads inside the lower piece pretty damn good. up until today i thought it was just some dried up loctite, or atleast wanted to believe that. at closer look the threads are messed up.  how can i go about rethreading this? is there a tool i can buy that size of thread or is there a certain type of store or shop you can recommend to do this type of thing?


as always thanks in advance for the help.

[Capo]

The inner part of the brake disc is aluminium would not anodising be a better finish? Also if the inside face of the carrier is coated, the thickness of the coat will cause the disc to be offset by that amount.
Yes the disc can be removed from the carrier, I've never done it but there are folks here that have.

With regard to the fork bottom, I afraid that you will need a new one. Those threads are special and I doubt very much that a tap would be available. You could take it to a machine shop and see what they could do, but don't hold out any hope.

[acemoney]

that's it? no one else to chime in? am i  the only one to ever mess up the lower fork threads? is all hope really lost with them? anybody have a pair for sale?

[ducpainter]

nobody wanted to be an I told you so...

[Monstermash]

In regards to the brake carrier I agree with Capo. Anodizing would be a better idea.

As far as removing them to have it done your going to have to buy new buttons. There are many places you can buy them online but you will have to switch to full floating which is not a bad thing.

Here is a link to some: http://www.motowheels.com/italian/myproducts.cfm?parentcategoryid=116%7CDucati&productID=3198&showDetail=1&categoryID=475|Brake%20Misc&vendoridtodisplay=0&filterFor=&collection=168%7CEuropean%20Motorcycle%20Parts

[Capo]

that's it? no one else to chime in? am i  the only one to ever mess up the lower fork threads? is all hope really lost with them? anybody have a pair for sale?

Probably not but the only one to do so after requesting advice then chosing to ignore it.

Fork bottoms will be hard to come by on their own, you are probably looking at a complete set of forks.

[acemoney]

Probably not but the only one to do so after requesting advice then chosing to ignore it.

Fork bottoms will be hard to come by on their own, you are probably looking at a complete set of forks.

i picked and choose the advise i wanted to hear.

and if i buy a new set of forks soon after i get them i will have TWO sets of messed up threads.

[Speeddog]

If you get another set, just paint 'em and call it a day.

[ducpainter]

If you get another set, just paint 'em and call it a day.

[DucHead]

If you get another set, take/send them to a shop for removal of the bottom pieces and anodizing.  Mine were done by Ducati Omaha.  They did a great job.