Re-plating of Components

If you've read all of the articles up to this point you'll know that I took loads of stuff off to have re-plated. Here's everything I took off, and the before and after pics. I went to a local plating firm to get them done and they charged me just £40 cash for the job, which I thought was a total bargain (especially if you compare it to the cost of the powder coating - more on that in a later article).

This is the handbrake puller mechanism. I took a whole sequence of photos of this because I was pretty sure if I didn't that I wouldn't remember how it goes together. This is the last one in the sequence;

These are the anti-rollbar droplinks. There's a mounting plate for each one that bolts to the hub carriers that needs to be removed;

Crankshaft pulley

PAS reservoir clamp. Looks OK from this angle but the front is a bit corroded.

Idler pulley for auxiliary belt;

Throttle cable mount, AMP connector mount near camshaft sensor, washers for fuel tank shield;

Lower wishbone forks - these attach to the engine subframe. Don't think I described removal but there's just a big nut on the end and some shims.

ARB clamps, CV boot shield mounts, flanges from back of hub carriers;

Handbrake cable shrouds, which go into the back of the hub carriers, and cam cover connections:

Throttle quadrant. Note there's a needle bearing in there. I just left it in, and asked the plater to mask it off. I later found it is replaceable so I could have pulled it out.

ARB droplink mounts, handbrake puller mounts:

Shims and washers from lower wishbone forks:

Handbrake pullers and nut from the starter solenoid connection. That nut was perfect but the alubrite removed all of the yellow passivation from it so I had to take it off and add it to the plating set... :