How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Jordan Baker]

Today I finished up with the final cleaning of the driveshafts and components. After the usual marine clean and metal prep I then hand painted them in DOM16. This is the Canadian version of the POR15. It is cheaper, UV safe and supposedly be top coated anytime after curing. The downside to me is that it’s only available in gloss black. Even with hand painting it will self level to a mirror finish. Today I took advantage of the very humid weather and after about an hr the DOM16 was just tacky. I then simply sprayed on the SCC2 paint. This will then bond to the DOM16 and be very strong.

Anyway the driveshafts are all painted. I just need to now get the Spricer U joints ordered and get things assembled.

One question, are the “washers” in the caps made from industrial felt? The caps are at the end of splines. None of mine had anything left other then the split metal washer. I’m thinking felt would be good for sealing out the dirt and grime yet retaining the grease.