Todd Carrico wrote:

Jeff Spitzer wrote:

I wouldn't re-nitride end housings unless you are sure all previous layer
has been removed.  In general not a good idea. I further would not

consider

nitride after lapping.  Even though in theory there is negligible
dimensional change,  in reality the purpose of *lapping* is to remove
"negligible" dimensional defects.

Jeff Spitzer

Jeff,

Good point!  Now that I think about it, Nitriding a crankshaft was a trick
that hot rodders used to do.  But that was with a crank that had not been
previously nitrided.  I would imagine that you would really never be sure if
you had gotten rid of the case depth.  And you would have to re-lap to true
everything up.  How much do new side housings cost?  Has anyone tried
<Gulp...> Chrome plating them?

tc

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