Blue coating on steering schaft

[boybach]

Necropost I know, but looks like I'm this situation too. My steering shaft has chunks of blue missing.

My plan is to repair the blue coating with JB Weld. Thoughts?

Larry
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Larry - Victoria BC -

1977 Palm Beach VIN TZE167V101295 - 39,000 miles, PO said everything working but forgot the word NOT. New wiper blades, New SS exhaust system ..

 

[sgltrac]

If it isn’t sloppy or bound up why bother? I would wait for a problem
before coming up with a solution. If you are missing the coating across the
whole length of one spline and it’s causing play you probably need to do
something. But a chunk here and there and no play? I’d leave it.

Sully
Bellevue wa

> Necropost I know, but looks like I'm this situation too. My steering shaft
> has chunks of blue missing.
>
> My plan is to repair the blue coating with JB Weld. Thoughts?
>
> Larry
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> Larry - Victoria BC -
>
> 1977 Palm Beach VIN TZE167V101295 - 39,000 miles, PO said everything
> working but forgot the word NOT. New wiper blades, New SS exhaust system ..
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[dave king]

2019 Bluebird big School buses have the blue coating on the steering shaft so someone
Is doing it commercially.
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

[Ken B]

I know of someone that said he was setting up to do it but that was about 2 years ago. I will try to contact him BEFORE posting it here.
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Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

 

[Bruce Hart]

Is Alex Ferrarra still coating the shafts with ceramic paint?
I have purchased a couple from him for coaches that I have worked on and it
seems to be a reasonable replacement. .

> I know of someone that said he was setting up to do it but that was about
> 2 years ago. I will try to contact him BEFORE posting it here.
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> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
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[Ken B]

That is exactly who I was going to all. I do not know if he is doing it.
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Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

 

[jim kanomata1]

Our Blue shaft is coated and fitted by Alex Ferrara.
I do not know what he uses, but we have so few dozen.

> That is exactly who I was going to all. I do not know if he is doing it.
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[boybach]

Repaired the missing and worn areas of blue plastic on the shaft last night with terracotta Milliput, a water-toolable epoxy putty used for pottery
restoration. I used the reddish coloured stuff for contrast so I could easily see the repairs. The bare metal areas were scored then cleaned with
acetone prior to application.

Measured with a vernier and filed to shape this morning, looks good, hopefully it will work.

Larry
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Larry - Victoria BC -

1977 Palm Beach VIN TZE167V101295 - 39,000 miles, PO said everything working but forgot the word NOT. New wiper blades, New SS exhaust system ..