Subject: chrome plating
>I am looking into plating some of the small chrome pieces for my Tiger.
>Vern,
> at Vern's Plating, requires the pieces to be disassembled prior to plating
> the
> individual parts. Looking at the clamps for the soft and hard tops, and
> clamps
> to close the hard top windows, they seem to be attached with "peened over"
> type head. I can drill out the end of the rod, but how to reassemble?
> Any
> reasonable solutions? How have people dealt with this in the past?
> Thanks,
> DHH
I restored a hardtop this year with deteriorated chrome on latches.
Removed pins by drilling top and driving out. Had rechromed and reassembled
by using drill bits from Harbor Freight as replacement pins.Oversize holes
on interior, undersize on outside pieces. Cheap and effective. Gary
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