How To Remove Rust From Motorcycle Forks

The instructions on the site were to use a piece of crinkled tin foil and dip it in the coke then gently rub the chrome finish until the rust was removed.

How to remove rust from motorcycle forks. 2 Chad M Nov 11 2010. The site said the ferrous oxide rust was replaced with a ferrous insert other term here maybe phosphate. Some people swear by using Coke but its actually the aluminum foil that does most of the work by having enough friction to create a bit of heat which then allows a chemical reaction with the aluminium to break down the rust this appears on the used foil as a dark coating.

Not sure about the pitted areas but I generally remove light rust by putting oil on the part and gently rubbing with very fine steel wool taking care to wipe the debris off often to reduce more scratching. Evap-o-Rust or naval jelly to chemically remove the rust If you have hazy rust or a thin film use 0000 steel wool super fine to take it right off Then use a wheel touch-up paint pen to fill in the marks. Use a flat head screw driver to pull the seal scraper down.

I used 400 but for a better looking job start with 600. These appeared as small black dots where the rust pits had been. Use a flat head screw driver to pull the seal scraper down.

Scrub diligently and then coat your motorcycle in polish and wax. Make sure that you remove all the rust from the spokes by scrubbing it with the sand paper and then apply chrome polish or a rust removing spray. If you find a fake chrome one it should be barely noticeable where you filled them in.

Scrape the rust off from the more difficult areas using an abrasive material such as steel wool. Wipe the areas dry using a soft rag. Will be curious what others do.

Use the seal pick to scrape any loose rust flakes out of the bigger pits Use the more coarse wet and dry sandpaper with plenty of water to smooth over all the pits you want to treat. Rust on my CL450 motorcycle forks prevented the stanchions from sliding past the lower triple tree rings. If the frame tends to rust because of the climate you live in you might want to sand off the rust and spray the area with Rustoleum which contains fish oil and never dries while preventing future rust.