Road Salt

[RadioHowie]

Oh, and never ride a wheelchair into the ocean. My friend Kiwimagic did that while vacationing in New Zealand. Although they washed everything down with fresh water, about three years later his electronic controller went... had got moisture inside the sealed unit... cost him big bucks to get another controller... <BG>

Mary

He drove an ELECTRIC wheelchair into the ocean? Not only is he "handi-capable", he obviously must be "decision-making-challenged". Or being a Kiwi, he was probably potted.

 

[Checkswrecks]

Just because you're asking menas that you ought to take some preventive action.

Dielectric grease all the electrical connectors and exposed electrical items that you can. Front and back-sides.

You can buy sprays or liquid ACF-50 (Anti-Corrosion Formula #50) at most airports, online, or boat shops. Use it liberally and refresh it after every was as soap will break the film it creates.

Repack your wheel bearings at least once a year.

Watch your brake pads as they will wear faster.

Wipe the dried salt from any rubber points, such as sliders and accordian boots. Dried salt is gritty and will chew them up.

Bob

 

[Lake Powell]

Even when the salted roads have dried the salt remains and is pulverized to a fine powder that goes right past you filter and into the intake track. In fact the pulverized salt is considered a pollutant here in (of all places, duh) Salt Lake City, it gets ground down to what is called a PM-10, Particulate Matter 10 Microns and smaller. It can be a small dust cloud lingering in the air, ruinig your bike, lungs, etc.

The FJR is in the garage, I will be taking off the forks soon anyway for the GB fork rebuild, and will stay until the salt gets washed away.

Salt sucks, it just lets idiots in cars get around easier without killing themselves. IMO

 

[MikeYork5]

Salt is bad -- BUT pepper will really f it up!

 

[Dangerous Dave]

TriggerDo not wait for the rain! Find a way to get that bike washed with lots of fresh clean water.

+1 more! You can't aford to wait. The damage sets in quickly and is irreversible. Make that mistake once and you'll (hopefully) never make it again.

 

[Toynut]

Add the galvanic reaction that is created between your dissimilar metals like your steel sub frame and your aluminum bits with saltwater thrown in, and you will find bolts and plugs etc. stripping threads should you ever have to disassemble any components. The fork tubes/seals will not take too kindly to that gritty abrasive mix, either.

I loaned my brother my new Artic Cat t660 turbo snowmobile with less than 100 miles on it. He had to cross a few salt covered roads that weekend, and did not thoroughly wash off the sled. Come spring when I got back to the sled (up North), the intercooler and it's steel mounting brackets were just chock full of external corrosion. uke:

 

[TriggerT]

Just so we are clear on this, I HAVE NOT ridden the FJR since there has been any salt on the roads. The bike has been in the garage nice and tucked in, since the first time salt has been used.

I was asking, because if this winter is anything like the ones in years past, we could get some warm weather and the chance to ride.

From all of your responses, I WILL NOT be rinding until we get enough rain to clear the roads. Matte of fact, I will be sending my seat out for some work on Monday, so I won't be able to ride even if I wanted to for several weeks.

Thanks for all the good responses.

 

[krashdragon]

Oh, and never ride a wheelchair into the ocean. My friend Kiwimagic did that while vacationing in New Zealand. Although they washed everything down with fresh water, about three years later his electronic controller went... had got moisture inside the sealed unit... cost him big bucks to get another controller... <BG>

Mary

He drove an ELECTRIC wheelchair into the ocean? Not only is he "handi-capable", he obviously must be "decision-making-challenged". Or being a Kiwi, he was probably potted.

He's not a Kiwi, but yeah, he was pbly potted...<G>

The batteries and motors are sealed, it was the controller on the armrest that got wet...<G>

I think he said it was on a boat ramp, and then much to his suprise, he drove it back out...

Umm... he's done a bunch of stupid in his time... ever see a wheelchair flying down a county road at 25 mph?

Actually couldn't stop at the downhill end of the driveway, was a new 300lb chair and he hadn't quite figured out the brakes yet...

so he just took off down the road... He normally uses the neighbor's backyards... speed limit on the road is 45, but the kids drive about 65-70.. and it's up and down little hills, cant' see more than a couple hundred feet either direction...<G>

Both his wife and I really got on him about that little trick!

But he had the same grin on his face that riding a bike brings... :yahoo:

...which he cant' do anymore....he used to build Triumphs, and other bikes and lots of cars.

Mary

 

[Bounce]

If I try to wash my bike after riding it, it will turn into a FJRsicle. Looks like I am going to have to wait for a good rain to get rid of all the salt.

by that time the damage has begun.