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| sj914 |
 Apr 21 2005, 06:34 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 805 Joined: 20-August 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 1,053  |
I'm going to be using front hubs off an 87 carrera and they've got some oxidizing on them. Instead of painting or powdercoating, would anodizing hold up the heat and grease that these things are exposed to. Also I'm worried about the process of anodizing, its basically dipped in the process to coat the part. I'm not sure if it will effect the fitting of the bearings. Has anyone done this before on their hubs? Any experience on this process to educate me before I make anymore mistakes would be appreciated.
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| anthony |
Apr 21 2005, 06:42 PM
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2270 club Group: Benefactors Posts: 3,107 Joined: 1-February 03 From: SF Bay Area, CA Member No.: 218  |
Why bother? You can't really see them.
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| Eric_Shea |
Apr 21 2005, 06:49 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,274 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Yes... and I think it's a great idea. I've seen those things so heavily corroded that chunks were flaking off.
Anodizing is an electrostatic etching process that etches a layer of the aluminum giving it a "skin" that protects very well. You wont have any problems with the bearings. |
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| sj914 |
Apr 21 2005, 07:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 805 Joined: 20-August 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 1,053 |
I agree you can't see them, but i want to keep them from oxidizing. The site of a rusting car car is enough oxidizing for me. |
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| bondo |
Apr 22 2005, 10:05 AM
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Practicing my perpendicular parking Group: Members Posts: 4,277 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Los Osos, CA Member No.: 587 Region Association: Central California |
You have to remove all non-aluminum parts before anodizing. Not all alloys are anodizable, so you have to check that. Anodizing doesn't change the dimesnions very much, so the bearings should still fit fine.
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