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Pitted Chrome
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2001 11:00 am
by petew4001
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
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2001 4:54 pm
by rick12dr
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.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2001 6:22 pm
by markthemd
I agree with the DR here ,no need to replace ...The metal is most likely sound .
PLating is where to look.
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2001 7:34 pm
by petew4001
The metal is sound.....I will certainly try your suggetion. Once again...thanks for everything.
Pete
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2001 4:51 pm
by johnhall
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2001 1:44 am
by tom
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?
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2001 8:09 pm
by petew4001
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 ?
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2001 11:09 pm
by rick12dr
Petew4001, the bridge/baseplates should be the same for 4000/4001.
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2001 12:42 am
by tom
theres a Rick tailP on ebay right now...GO GO GO.
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2001 11:30 am
by Gerry
Wrong one
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2001 12:10 pm
by petew4001
That tailpice looks like it should be for a 4003, with the two holes on either side for screws.