INSPECTION AND PREPARATION FOR CHROME PLATING
Your crankcase is first bathed in hot caustic to
clean off all foreign matter. It is then steam
cleaned to power out all tiny holes and crevices.
Also, any counter weights, temporary repairs or
plugs are removed. The crankshaft is now magnetized,
then sprayed with a solvent containing fine iron
particles. These show fluorescent light to inspect
each bearing surface, key way, webbing and radius.
Additional inspections from magnetic
particle to ultrasonic are performed periodically as
needed throughout the process. A complete written
report is prepared and attached to your crankshaft.
This compares the shaft with original O.E.M.
standards and the report accompanies your crankshaft
during restoration. The report is checked at every
stage by each job supervisor and is triple-checked
by quality assurance inspectors all the way through
to completion of salvage and restoration.
After inspection is completed, the
crankshaft is ready for pre-grinding for chrome with
care taken to their radius of the crankshaft as so
not to remove any strength from the parent material.
The undersize of the crankshaft before chrome
plating depends on application of crankshaft and
service that the crankshaft will be in. |
