madass140
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discussed before but I'd like to revisit this.
I had thought about producing these but research shows that their life expectancy may not be very long and
I'm wondering if the reason is because of the suppliers that sell them dont seem to have them Type 3 hard anodized , if
anodized at all.
One Ebay seller sells one and its not anodized at all, of course it will wear very fast.
Roger RGM sells one and it appears his is either not anodized or not properly hard anodized
My opinion but not proven (tested) is that if the clutch center is anodized Type 3 hardness then it should get good mileage
especially with fiber plates.
Today I was machining a Harley rear wheel drive pulley. The pulley teeth were hard anodized, obviously Type 3 hardness, it took
a bit of doing to get the Tungsten Carbide tool (insert) to get under the hardness.
Unless I can be convinced otherwise, I think with proper Type 3 anodizing this would make a nice lightweight, long wearing part
especially with fiber plates.
Don
I had thought about producing these but research shows that their life expectancy may not be very long and
I'm wondering if the reason is because of the suppliers that sell them dont seem to have them Type 3 hard anodized , if
anodized at all.
One Ebay seller sells one and its not anodized at all, of course it will wear very fast.
Roger RGM sells one and it appears his is either not anodized or not properly hard anodized
My opinion but not proven (tested) is that if the clutch center is anodized Type 3 hardness then it should get good mileage
especially with fiber plates.
Today I was machining a Harley rear wheel drive pulley. The pulley teeth were hard anodized, obviously Type 3 hardness, it took
a bit of doing to get the Tungsten Carbide tool (insert) to get under the hardness.
Unless I can be convinced otherwise, I think with proper Type 3 anodizing this would make a nice lightweight, long wearing part
especially with fiber plates.
Don