Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: (MGCL) chrome shops???

Author: Bruce Daniels

Date: Feb 17, 2005, 2:39 PM

Post ID: 1718410531



Yeh, that's right Bill, but I think Walt was telling me a way to
hold the part during the plating process - wrap a wire
around a set screw and then dip the part that way rather than
putting a hook through the hole and maybe not getting a uniform
plating job.
Bruce

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From: "Bill Cohoon" <bcoh-@sprintmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: (MGCL) chrome shops???


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Walt.. under the category of being technically accurate.. and maybe who
really gives a sh#t?... as Paul noted earlier... the threaded hole is
not for a set screw.. it's for a grease fitting.... least that's how
mine is...

Walt Spak wrote:

 Bruce,

Remove the bushing. Find a metric screw that fits the threads in the brake
pedal that are there for the set screw. Get a long screw so the plater can
wrap his wire around it. Make sure you tell him that you will be putting a
bushing back in so that he does not buff the inside diameter. This will
insure that the threads and the bushing area will not have a dimension
change from the chrome.

Walt Spak
Pittsburgh PA
b20s-@city-net.com
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From: "Bruce Daniels" <bruced-@mindspring.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: (MGCL) chrome shops???


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You piqued my interest Rich. I am a newbie - I bought a 70 Police Ambo
about
 two years ago and have been working on some rusted parts - been using
'never
 dull' cuz that is what the PO had been using. But, you need to keep using
it
 often, so I thought I would try preparing one part for chrome plating and
see how it comes out before plating anymore parts. Your story is
encouraging
 and Norfolk is not that far from Raleigh.

I started on the Brake Pedal for two reasons, (1) it had a rough finish and
(2) the bushing needs to be replaced - pedal wobbles from side to side. So,
having never ventured into something like this I need to ask some
questions.
 I assume the bushing has to be removed before plating the pedal - by that I
mean to ask if the bushing can be masked someway and then deal with
removing
 and replacing it after plating? The reason I ask is that the plater needs a
way to hold the pedal while dipping it into the tank and the thought
occurred to me that maybe if I leave the bushing in, a hook could be
inserted through that hole and then mask it somehow. But, then maybe I
would
 screw up the plating when I knocked the old bushing out to replace it.
These
 questions are probably for the plater, but I thought you might have some
experience with this.

Does the bushing have to be fabricated or does anybody know if they are
available somewhere? The bushing has a hole in it to allow a set screw to
bottom out against a steel shaft to hold the pedal on.

I put some time in polishing - got a kit from Caswell - but I have been
wondering how much is enough? Except for logical thinking that the more you
work on it the better the part will look. I attached two photos to give you
an idea what it looks like now and a close up of that hole for the set
screw
 (through the bushing).

Bruce Daniels
NC Tarheel
70 Ambo 14720

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