Rear Wheel Nut Cleaning!

Discussion in 'Detailing and cleaning' started by glenandem, Feb 11, 2025.

  1. any advice to get my rear wheel/sprocket nuts nice and shiny again on my 2016 multistrada?
     
  2. The quality of the OE plating is cheap, to make re plating cost viable, you’d need more than 2 nuts. I’d buy (and have bought myself) new. I’m not a fan of aftermarket stainless or titanium but many owners are. Andy
     
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  3. Wire wheel on a bench grinder (preferably) or good drill.
     
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  4. thanks buddy was thinking that and know it would bring them up great but do they quickly get light corrosion on them again afterwards?
     
  5. did this recently with a brush in a grinder, it hot very hot
     
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  6. Mine haven’t but I dry my bike off if it ever gets wet.
     
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  7. Good results though pal?
     
  8. Spray Owatrol oil on it once it’s been polished up, it will never corrode again.
     
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  9. i think they are galvanised, it was greatly improved but not as new

    i did a load of others like sprocket nuts, didn't fancy buying new ones, i have spent so much on this bike now just keeping it up to scratch
     
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  10. Well spent an hour removing and cleaning the nuts up on the wire wheel, smeared them all with oil or grease and wiped over, also did the front caliper bolt heads and a few other tiny screws and washers here and there!
    Just need to get the centre wheel nut off now as that was a bit too tight so need to borrow a mates stronger impact gun.
    Quite a therapeutic job I thought lol IMG_8828.png IMG_8827.png IMG_8826.png IMG_8825.png IMG_8827.png
     
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  11. an hour well spent
     
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