actuator replate

[Kurt France]

Anyone know someplace that will replate headlight actuators?

Thanks

[Dick W.]

Re: actuator replate

Search the archives, there have been several discussions on this.

[Kurt France]

Re: actuator replate, speaking of archives...

Thanks, I found one in archive 3 ... http://www.detailplating.com

While looking I was reminded of something. I spend alot of time in the archives reading this wonderful treasure trove of information. It is a shame that all of this great information is organized in a manner that is difficult to use. Your have to do searches in 5 different archives, if you decide that you want to use a different word to narrow or expand your result...you have to rerun it 5 times. On top of that, it is pathetically slow.

These archives...the most valuable part of this website...is the most antiquated. The archives need to combined and the archive needs to be indexed. Disk space is cheap, faster servers aren't really necessary.

Is money an issue? Is everyone (non-NCRS)members allowed to use the message board? If so, many good sites charge a minimal fee to use certain features (i.e. force users to register, they only get 5 searches before they must join the site or NCRS, cookies can help enforce this).

There are some pretty decent forum sitebuilders and software at very low prices to handle all of this. The corvetteforum does it.

[lyndon sharpton]

Re: actuator replate, speaking of archives...

I have bad news he will not replate those.

[Gene B.]

Re: actuator replate, speaking of archives...

Jerry MacNeish at Camaro High Performance
Camaro High Performance

http://www.z28camaro.com

[Chuck S.]

Re: actuator replate

Replating them is not the problem...it's the liability for your acutators not working later that causes them to refuse. Maybe you can work out a waiver with them based on "best effort".

Platers are reluctant to take on the responsibility for plating chemicals leaking into the interior of the actuator...if acid and plating solution leak inside, you will have corrosion, and the chemicals can attack the old weakened diaphragms leading to your being PO'ed about your actuators being defunct.

BUT...the tube openings are easily plugged with rubber stoppers of the appropriate size; and if the seals are good, the inside of the actuators will be dry as a bone. The plater just has to be sure to lash them down so they don't bob around above the surface of the plating solution (they're filled with air).

[Jack H.]

Aero Propeller does them routinely....

But, you might want to accumulate some extra parts as it's a minimum 'bucket' charge for a parts lot (approx 2 gal bucket) run with no adder to specify, part by part, additional plating services (e.g. hydrogen embrittlement relief for high stress fasteners or post plate gold dichromate). Aero Propeller is outside Denver: www.aeropropeller.com

[lyndon sharpton]

Re: Aero Propeller does them routinely....

Jack,

what is the price for doing all of your parts headlight an wiper?