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Yes I know that, I'm curious what the final harness value is. I should just source a broken one and do some Bhn testing and micros at our lab.
You are gonna have a hard time getting one of the vendors that acually does the treating to tell you everything about what they do.
Finding a broken one and going from there is probably a good idea.
Finding a broken one and going from there is probably a good idea.
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So, let me refine my question and see if i can get the info i want. People have said that ill probably be ok with my conservative setup and the auto as long as i take it easy. Would running something like a longfield or a smurf let me hammer it when need be without worrying about breaking? I like to take it slow but we all know there are times when you just have to gas it. At this point im reaaaaly considering the smurfs, for 40 bucks a pop it might offer me a great deal of peice of mind. Considering its gonna take me a while to pop for a locker, i will not be able to afford chromo longs for a long ass time and id rather not have my weak axles in the back of my mind when im trying to keep the 62 shiny side up.
Doing it mainly just for $hits and giggles, would be interesting, at least for me, to compare the microstuctures of the two. Not really looking for the secret recipe. I have the Heat treat facilities I need at work so I may just mess around alittle with some stock birfs and see what I come up with.
Sorry for the hijack
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Ask/rephrase the question as many times as you want the answer is still the same:
You get what you pay for, especially in this area.
I cannot see going through the work of opening a front axle housing up to install something that is supposed to be an axle upgrade that cost me 40 dollars, especially in the world of the fing birfield.
If you want piece of mind, it, just like everything else, costs money.
shamro i cant see how treating birfs would be that difficult, im doing a fair bit of bladesmithing and i cant see it being that hard to treat birfs...you just need to know what type of steel they are and then put them in a over for the appropriate time and temp for heat treat and then temper them to whatever hardness you need....if you go onto most of the custom knife forums they could prolly tell you what you need to know about heat treating the spicific steel...i think most axles are supposed to be 5160 or somethen like that...good stuff for knives
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Its a moot point now i found some 4340 newfields for cheap so im good to go.
From what I've seen lately I'd avoid Smirfs. He is buying made in China birfs and treating them. The shafts are breaking, not the bell. If you do get them, get him to treat some Toyota ones that you send him.
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Thanks, thats the kind of info i was originally looking for.
Its all good now though, im looking across the room at the box with my brand new newfields in it .
Its all good now though, im looking across the room at the box with my brand new newfields in it
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