Pitted Chrome

petew4001 · Post by **petew4001** » Fri Feb 09, 2001 11:00 am

Hi Mark,
I have a '79 4001 in beautiful condition,except for the bridge,which has pitted slightly. Is there anything that I can do (besides replacing it) to repair the pitted area?
Thanks

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Fri Feb 09, 2001 4:54 pm

Check in your Yellow Pages if there is a shop that does chrome plating.Preferably a shop that specializes in motorcycle parts and that can get a "jewelry quality' finish on it.I've always been impressed with the quality chrome Rick parts have.

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Fri Feb 09, 2001 6:22 pm

I agree with the DR here ,no need to replace ...The metal is most likely sound .

PLating is where to look.

petew4001 · Post by **petew4001** » Fri Feb 09, 2001 7:34 pm

The metal is sound.....I will certainly try your suggetion. Once again...thanks for everything.

Pete

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Mon Feb 12, 2001 4:51 pm

Make sure you tell them that the part is die cast zinc. About 1 plater in 100 will handle such parts, unfortunately. At the moment, there's only 2 places in the entire So. Calif. area, for instance, that will do this kind of plating. One of them is expensive and bad, the other we use . . . with about a 40% part loss rate. This is a problem that's only going to get worse due to environmental concerns.

tom · Post by **tom** » Tue Feb 13, 2001 1:44 am

If you have to have shiney new looking parts just buy a replacement and sell your old one...
look on ebay someone might be selling a nicer one or buy one from Rickenbacker or All-Parts....
theres not much to the bridge anyway...is it the whole tailpiece?

petew4001 · Post by **petew4001** » Wed Feb 14, 2001 8:09 pm

No, actually the bridge is fine, I just had the bridge adjuststed, and a new mute installed (which I ordered from Rickenbacker

) The very bottom of the tailpiece is slightly pitted. I was thinking of ordering one from Rickenbacker, but they list all their tailpieces as "4000". Would one of these "4000" fit a 4001 ?

rick12dr · Post by **rick12dr** » Wed Feb 14, 2001 11:09 pm

Petew4001, the bridge/baseplates should be the same for 4000/4001.

tom · Post by **tom** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 12:42 am

theres a Rick tailP on ebay right now...GO GO GO.

Gerry · Post by **Gerry** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 11:30 am

Wrong one

petew4001 · Post by **petew4001** » Thu Feb 15, 2001 12:10 pm

That tailpice looks like it should be for a 4003, with the two holes on either side for screws.