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Clubroom => Bike Talk => Topic started by: micko on June 30, 2015, 07:55:44 pm

Title: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: micko on June 30, 2015, 07:55:44 pm
Sorry if this has been asked before, Any suggestions who is good to deal with ?
Cheers 
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: Mike52 on June 30, 2015, 07:59:18 pm
RAD Hardchrome Brisbane.
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: micko on July 02, 2015, 04:10:37 pm
Cheers, was trying to find someone in Perth to do it but they all look at you funny.
Off to rad it goes.
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: alexbrown64 on July 02, 2015, 05:06:15 pm
Your right there Micko.  Probably cost about sixty thousand dollars also.  I rang a place in Perth the other day about re-anodizing two old YZ rims and was quoted $300. 
Cheers, Alex
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: rob on July 02, 2015, 07:03:20 pm
RAD for hard chrome, spot on service !

Alex,
Call Collins anodic treatments 03 98774780 .

Regards
Rob WA.
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: alexbrown64 on July 02, 2015, 09:52:42 pm
Thanks for the heads up Rob, i will call them for a price when i build up my second wheel set.  I took my first wheel set rims up to Southern Powder coaters and they are blasting them and powder coating them gloss black for $20 for the pair. They are also only charging $20 for a set of hubs to be blasted and powder coated in satin black.
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: Rossvickicampbell on July 02, 2015, 09:53:24 pm
Check with Russ at Dynotime in Wangara - he recently sent my YZ fork leg off for me - it was a high build needed but a real good job.
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: Brian Watson on July 03, 2015, 10:12:37 am
Slightly off topic here.. but related to other posts here also..there is a guy in Landsdale (WA) that does anodising.. still a bit exy .. $100 a rim.. but was able to match old colour of Husky Nordisk rims perfectly.. a bit of a bear to deal with .. but well worth it in the end.. Brian at Camera Dynamics..9302 1316.. I  sand blasted the rims .. cleaned them up with a wire wheel. polished them on a pedestal buff.. I thought they looked. OK.. but still need to remnants of the anodising to be taken off with caustic..check him out..
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: micko on July 05, 2015, 11:16:22 am
Shock shaft off to Rad,  even rang me after I sent an email to him. That's personal service to start with.
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: Mike52 on July 05, 2015, 12:40:41 pm
RAD appear to be expensive up front but when you consider that the re-chromed fork tubes will last a lifetime then it's worth it. ;)
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: tymes on July 05, 2015, 07:35:30 pm
Has anyone been quoted or charged for pitted fork tubes, how much did they charge?
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: LWC82PE on July 10, 2015, 05:28:49 pm
How much does RAD charge to do a set of forks that just have very minor little nicks/rust spots? I normally use www.hardchromeservices.com.au but i have some RM forks that i was not real keen on spending $400 on.
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: rob on July 10, 2015, 09:29:17 pm
Example :
48mm KYB's with the axle lug's removed set me back $309.00 + $27.27 for FRT + GST of $33.64 comes to a grand total of $370.00 .
Shock shaft will come in at $100.00

Had my 73 YZ250A tubes done back 2007 by SA Hardchrome with an all up total of $300.00

Hope this helps
Rob.
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: John Orchard on July 10, 2015, 10:05:38 pm
Rad in Qld has done all my stuff, I'm in Melbourne.
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: bigk on July 11, 2015, 07:38:26 am
Don't think you can beat RAD's work or service. Excellent operators, pitted or not & will even do an express service for not much more money. There's no such thing as "cheap" hard chroming that's done right.
K
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: tymes on July 14, 2015, 07:39:50 pm
Example :
48mm KYB's with the axle lug's removed set me back $309.00 + $27.27 for FRT + GST of $33.64 comes to a grand total of $370.00 .
Shock shaft will come in at $100.00

Had my 73 YZ250A tubes done back 2007 by SA Hardchrome with an all up total of $300.00

Hope this helps
Rob.

Thanks for that Rob,

I had a shock shaft done by the Hardchromers down here in the Illawarra. He told me straight up it will be 150. Thats what he charged and the job was like it was a new shaft, it may well be better than a new shaft for all I know but it hasnt done much work yet since I put it back into a shock.
After that price I was frightened to get a price for fork tubes.  :o :o
Title: Re: Rechroming Fork legs and shock shaft (yz mono)
Post by: cr750 on July 14, 2015, 08:07:37 pm
I sent my Rickman forks (Betor) off to a hydraulic cylinder refurbisher. They hard chrome and do centerless grinding all the time. I think (it was back in 2000) $300 for the pair. The finish wasn't the usual high-shine chrome, but a proper ground shaft finish. There should be lots of them in a mining town like Perth.