Thread: Brake help please....

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Anytime I see chromed suspension, steering or brake parts, I try to bring the builder's attention to the phenomenon of HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT.
It's the creation of free hydrogen atoms in the atomic structure of steel parts by the process of electrolytic plating of the parts. Could be chrome, cadmium, whatever, it's the electrolysis that causes the problem. These free hydrogen atoms can be baked out of the pieces if they are baked within a few hours of being plated, but when you buy parts already chromed, you have no idea if they have been baked or not and if they were, when? I believe it was Pat Ganahl who said that he sees a couple hundred busted front ends a year on rod runs. Many of these could be the result of embrittlement and many could be the results of poor engineering in the first place. I just want you to know that it is possible that your chromed parts could crack internally and lay down on you at the worst possible time. Or they could last your lifetime and the next owner's lifetime.
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