Hackerbilt
Active Member
Hey guys...my new project is a BBC bucket built around 1978-80 with a 4" drop chrome tube front axle.
Around the radius rod brackets and also at the kingpin bosses the chrome has peeled and some super minor corrosion has started.
The corrosion is a non issue.
My question is...is it normal for chrome to react and peel eventually in a weld area or is this a sign of metal fatigue???
The axle is supposedly a TOTAL axle (fwiw...looks exactly like an RPM axle design.) and is very heavy, so we suspect it is 1/4" wall at least.
I would like to run it rather than replace it.
Thoughts???
Around the radius rod brackets and also at the kingpin bosses the chrome has peeled and some super minor corrosion has started.
The corrosion is a non issue.
My question is...is it normal for chrome to react and peel eventually in a weld area or is this a sign of metal fatigue???
The axle is supposedly a TOTAL axle (fwiw...looks exactly like an RPM axle design.) and is very heavy, so we suspect it is 1/4" wall at least.
I would like to run it rather than replace it.
Thoughts???