Rehab push rod tubes

[pkboxer]

My push rod tubes are rusty and crappy looking.

Any body rehab them with long term success. Not looking to dump 120+$ into stainless steel parts to hide under the jugs.

Can they be cleaned and painted? Or does the paint effect the sealing of the seals?

[chasbmw]

Just make sure that they are not so rusty that they are about to rust through, paint would be fine, but S/S would be forever!

[Major Softie]

AND, you wouldn't want a paint that could peel off into your engine, so paint choice could be important.

[dwerbil]

What's the year bike you have?
Since the tubes I painted on the /7 are under the piston jugs, they're mostly out of sight.
I wire brushed and painted my /7 tubes a hi temp gunmetal gray. That was some years ago. They still look fine, after a bit of a scrub-up. I did not paint the rubber seal area of the tubes.

[dougie]

I wire brushed and painted my /7 tubes a hi temp gunmetal gray. That was some years ago. They still look fine, after a bit of a scrub-up. I did not paint the rubber seal area of the tubes.

That sounds like the right way to go.

[pkboxer]

Thanks, it's a 74, so they're under the jugs.

I thought painting would look fine, just didn't want to find out too late that it messed with the sealing ability of the seals.

Thanks again

[ME 109]

I noticed my push rod tubes were a little rusty looking as well, they looked shit.
So I painted them with this sorta brown looking paint I had (a bit like rust colour)
They look great now, I can't get over it.

[teo]

ME 109, did you paint them so they would show well next time a Roo whacks you and the bike is on its side? Couldn't resist.