Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
> Rebuilding the front end on my 75 TR6...I've got all the pieces apart,
> more or less, and in the process of cleaning and finishing, I wondered
> if there's any consensus regarding paint, POR-15 or powder coating on
> the arms and knuckles that make up the suspension?
>
Well, if it were a Spitfire, I'd suggest nickel plating. There's a
thread on the Spit list about some
fellow on EBay offering nickel plated control arms for $300 a set. Wow.
Powder coating is an option on a street car. I've heard that powder
coating can hide incipient
cracks, whereas paint will crack with the arm. If you are running a
racecar, you want to see
any sort of possible cracks in suspension bits as soon as possible.
> Also, I can clean the vertical link more easily if I take it
> completely apart, removing the steering arm and pressing out the
> spindle. But I wonder how large a can of worms I open if I do that -
> any advice?
Don't do it. Leave the axle in the upright. Do not mess with it.
mjb.
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