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Oddjob:
There is a theory the spindle were hard chromed but seeing how they rust etc it's not looking likely. My experience of hard chrome is that it's virtually indestructible, had my fork stanchions done years ago now and they are totally unmarked after many thousands of miles. I had mine hard chromed, cost me £22.50. Maybe Philpotts could help out. Mine was done at Dynasurf in Sandbach. Normal bright chrome isn't recommended, I suspect it wouldn't fit afterwards, even my hard chromed one was a tight fit. Plus I'd imagine it would rust pretty quick.
Laverdaroo:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on December 22, 2021, 02:15:25 PM ---There is a theory the spindle were hard chromed but seeing how they rust etc it's not looking likely. My experience of hard chrome is that it's virtually indestructible, had my fork stanchions done years ago now and they are totally unmarked after many thousands of miles. I had mine hard chromed, cost me £22.50. Maybe Philpotts could help out. Mine was done at Dynasurf in Sandbach. Normal bright chrome isn't recommended, I suspect it wouldn't fit afterwards, even my hard chromed one was a tight fit. Plus I'd imagine it would rust pretty quick.
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That's why I was asking Ken I thought I might have heard it was hard chromed but I'm such an air head these days I couldnt remember where I'd read that.
I'll give Philpotts a call I think, hopefully they might be able to sort it so that it fits once done. Cheers for all the info mind, it's very much appreciated.
Laverdaroo:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on December 22, 2021, 02:52:12 AM ---Have you tried evaporust on the shaft?
Not sure if the rust is where it is visible but it will look better after a couple of days in soak.
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I havent Ted, I dont use it. I've heard mixed results tbh and tend to use other nastier fluids to strip things. I'm going to go at it with the wire wheel later to get it back to smooth at least and then probably send it off to someone that might be able to fettle it
for me externally.
Laverdaroo:
Spent the best part of 6 hours in the shed yesterday plating all the gubbins and tranklements for the 550 carbs so I can start to bob them all back together with just the main chunk of the holding bar to finish off but to reduce the pile of twiddly bits is a good thing so I’m going to crack on. In between decorating and faffing about doing Christmas jobs, I’ll endeavour to get some more done.
I’ve polished the granny out of the balance bar and it’s come up reasonably well but I’m still going to have a run out tmrw on the VFR as the last ride of the year to the platers to see if they can suggest anything.
Onwards though, which is great
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