I have a 86 trx250r and have noticed alot of the other guys have polished stator covers I havn't saw them advertised anywhere. can I polish mine myself and if so how. any info will be greatly appreciated

moded 86 trx250r
moded 87 qaudzilla
slighty moded 96 warrior
slightly moded 97 300ex
soon to come 94 400 sportman 4X4

 

Polishing your stator cover is very easy on you 250R, polishing the clutch/water pump isn't! Believe me, I polished mine on my "R". Have patience if you want it to look good. I would recommend you having the paint removed by GLASS BEADING first. You CAN sand blast it but it takes longer to polish(sand digs in deeper). Feel free to E-mail me personally with any more questions on this.

 

I have most off the paint off I used carb cleaner and laquer thinner anhd it came right off but how do U get it shiny.

 

start with a 220 sandpaper..sand the whole thing down..then work you're way higher...300, 400, 500, 600 and so, then finish it off using a mag wheel polish such as Mothers Aluminum Polish.

 

I did my cases on my Lt500 and 300ex first i used glass bead to remove the factory coating. They i went to home depot and purchased 3 dico buffing wheels with 3 different compounds. Polishing is a 3 step process. The first 2 wheels are the same but use 2 different compounds and the last is a really fine buffign wheel and a finish compund. It comes out to a mirror finish i have them on a slow rpm bench grinder and also have a hand held polisher or u can u a low rpm drill or one with a regulated speed. Tzoo fast and u will burn the alumium. Good luck., Take your time and it will look great

 

in referance to mindcrimes` post belive him it he lives acroos the street from me (and he does a good job of leaving a cloud of white smoke hazing over my back yard )and around the water pump is a cludy finish and on the stator you can see you`r self in it

 

I polished the covers with a 3/4 hp buffing wheel. Make sure you use a buffing wheel pad with plenty of spiral STITCHES, the more the better. White or brown ROUGE will work. I actually used two wheels-the first for brown and the second for fine polishing with the white compound. Be prepared to make a MESS. It would be smart to make a "backboard and floorboard" out of cardboard to help with cleanup(I WISH I HAD!!!)