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Post by markhoopy on Nov 8, 2019 12:20:09 GMT 1
VJ23 barrels, newly coated, honing marks clearly visible. But what are those spots in the coating, what would have caused them, and would you fit the barrels to a bike as they are?    |
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Post by headcoats on Nov 8, 2019 12:29:52 GMT 1
Has someone tried to hone it and took the plating off ?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2019 14:17:20 GMT 1
It looks like heat blueing
As in when you heat steel or stainless or copper you get different colours as you temper the metal differently
Perhaps the honing made the bores overheat or they have got real hot due to a blow up
I’d get an engineer to give his thoughts
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Post by chrisg on Nov 8, 2019 21:52:29 GMT 1
Puzzling. If it was heat colouring, it would have been removed with the honing as it would only be an oxidation. I suppose either way I would use them.
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Post by Norbo on Nov 8, 2019 22:13:58 GMT 1
looks a little like wwd spatter as well have your tried wiping them over with thinners.
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Post by chrisg on Nov 9, 2019 14:12:46 GMT 1
looks a little like wwd spatter as well have your tried wiping them over with thinners. My first thought, but it does look like heat a affected zone. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2019 14:45:34 GMT 1
looks a little like wwd spatter as well have your tried wiping them over with thinners. That's what I thought as well. |
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Post by chrisg on Nov 9, 2019 19:11:28 GMT 1
looks a little like wwd spatter as well have your tried wiping them over with thinners. That's what I thought as well. Im not so sure, however if it was, that would concern me that they have been welded. |
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Post by stusco on Nov 9, 2019 20:23:47 GMT 1
I think they meant wd as in wd40
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Post by markhoopy on Jan 13, 2020 13:16:14 GMT 1
A bit of an update on the VJ23 barrels.
I had them listed on ebay about six months ago, selling as newly coated and including new gaskets, seals etc .. all ready to fit.
Sold to a guy in Germany, heard nothing from him for six weeks, then he messaged me regarding those marks and asked for a part refund.
I refused - they were clearly visible in the photos I had used on the ebay listing.
As a precaution I closed the PayPal account I used for receiving payments, after first stopping the auto-payment option on my linked bank account.
He started a dispute through ebay but they refused to proceed - he had paid me direct via PayPal (though not as a friends/family payment), not through their checkout system.
Several exchanges of emails followed, but I told him the barrels were fine and to use them as they were.
Last week I had a letter from a debt collection agency asking me to pay them £169.05 - the overdue balance on my PayPal account. As I have heard nothing from PayPal in the intervening months I have no idea where this figure comes from, but am guessing the guy had the barrels re-coated and managed to get PayPal to refund him that amount.
I am now at the 'dancing' stage with the debt collectors. I asked them to provide evidence of the debt. They have now written asking me for evidence of no debt.
I'll add more as things unfold ..
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jan 13, 2020 13:38:02 GMT 1
For PayPal to resolve or even try to resolve an issue they have to contact you for your side of the story
Had it with an eBay purchase that the problem went outside the timescale of the ebay protection so I turned to PayPal.
They asked for both sides of the story
I'd contact PayPal and ask what the situation is as you have heard nothing from them and the goods were purchased as described and pictured on ebay
Steve
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Post by marrcel on Jan 13, 2020 13:50:30 GMT 1
Looks like the honing was not enough to erase the scorching marcs. Ask an engineer if an overbore is needed.
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Post by stusco on Jan 13, 2020 16:57:59 GMT 1
I hate eBay now I got charged £69 then £16 from ebay for having a reserve on the expansions I was selling they never sold and were on a free listing
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Post by markhoopy on Jan 13, 2020 17:34:51 GMT 1
The 10% fee that they take from your shipping charges as a seller is ridiculous.
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Post by veg on Jan 14, 2020 1:14:02 GMT 1
I asked them to provide evidence of the debt. They have now written asking me for evidence of no debt. I'll add more as things unfold .. How are you supposed to prove something that doesn’t exist??? Never ever let them into your property never invite them in, if they start to walk around your property looking into windows tell them to leave your property as they are trespassing. Used to have to deal with them years ago when I was in uniform, happily t**tted most of them. |
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Post by bare on Jan 16, 2020 2:35:23 GMT 1
The 10% fee that they take from your shipping charges as a seller is ridiculous. So ? Stop using or homing to Ebay ? Much of the World already has. |
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