Hard chroming?

[Hanshi]

hi guys, I have just bought a Yamaha 650 1973 and I need to get the inner fork legs hard chromed...
Where do I need to send them?

[James Deuce]

http://www.enginecomponents.co.nz/home.aspx

There are very few engineering firms in country who do "real" hard chroming. These guys will also check the inside of your fork legs to see if they have nylon bushes and tell you they can't help, for no charge, because the prep process will wreck the bushes.

[Hanshi]

http://www.enginecomponents.co.nz/home.aspx

There are very few engineering firms in country who do "real" hard chroming. These guys will also check the inside of your fork legs to see if they have nylon bushes and tell you they can't help, for no charge, because the prep process will wreck the bushes.

cheers I will try them tomorrow

[mossy1200]

http://www.enginecomponents.co.nz/home.aspx

There are very few engineering firms in country who do "real" hard chroming. These guys will also check the inside of your fork legs to see if they have nylon bushes and tell you they can't help, for no charge, because the prep process will wreck the bushes.

Just curious.
Are there places doing forks incorrectly or is it hard to find a place doing forks?
I assume from the thread stock chrome is not the same process as hard chrome.

[James Deuce]

Yes there are places doing it wrong, both the material they use and checking to make sure that the forks themselves are actually salvageable. If it's possible these guys will straighten and true the forks and check them for being round. I have had the land at the bottom of the inside of the forks machined to make sure that damping rods that were previously on a lean are centered and parallel to the fork leg walls. Quality finishing touches to things that generally don't leave the factory in a good state.

[jellywrestler]

it's often cheaper to buy new ones, last time i had forks chromed the finish was not as shiny as factory due to maybe the finish grind.
there's an XS650 company in the states i've got parts from, great service


http://www.mikesxs.net/products-19.html#products

[James Deuce]

I have bought new on a couple of occasions, in preference to a repair, but that was due to the nylon bushes pressed into the interior of the fork legs.

[Paul in NZ]

Hard chroming the fork legs is a tricky business. They need to be ground undersize and then reground to the correct size afterwards. Its usually cheaper to buy new stanchions for common bikes. The whole chrome thing is going to get difficult very soon due to H&S and environmental legislation.