Vk304 Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 Bad news, i think all the irons are beyond repair, cracks in one of the bridge ports, and center of a iron I suspect the water was getting in here... maybe? There is some pitting in the face of the iron around here And lots of substantial wear, i can catch a fingernail on a lot of it, makes me wonder why they are so deeply grooved and the alloy housings are mint...? Anyways, on the lookout for decent s4 s5 irons now, i may get away with one of them but id rather some mint ones for peace of mind and they are surface coated so any lapping or machining would remove that i believe... correct me if im wrong ... Well i gotta say, im not really surprised, but i am disappointed in the old 'built' engine with less than 5k kms 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 Soo i did some backyard hardness testing with various tools and the housing with the BIG wear marks or step wear whatever you call it is easily scratched with relatively soft metal, slightly harder on the unworn surface on the outside but still scratches, another plate will not scratch at all with the same tool (screwdriver), (not very scientific haha), but the plate that scratches easily and is worn, shows signs of having been sanded or something in the past. This leads me to believe someone may have surfaced one or more plates and ultimately removed some of the surface hardening, i could measure widths as well and other things but it still remains that ill need new plates anyway due to the cracking and exessive wear, potentially i could save one but ill see... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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