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8274 brake shaft case hardened or through hardened?
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:25 pm
by bigcam
just need to know so i can drill/tap the end to replace the circlip.
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:11 pm
by nastytroll
case hardened, early shafts are easy to aneal and tap, some of the later shafts have a deep skin almost through hardened and are a pain. I have swaged in inserts for the hard shafts and tigged the insert in and then tapped the insert with good results.