The conclusion, after three tests, these bushings are stainless steel. No
magnet sticks to them,
there are very few sparks when hit with a grinder, and I've had one sitting in
salt water for three
days with nary a change.
The bottom line is that machinist was just plain lying about them being chrome
moly, and since I
emailed him and left a message on his answering machine, with no response from
either, he's not
interested in the situation either. They were machined wrong anyway, hole too
big, what does he care
I guess.
So, I had another machinist do it, regular cold rolled steel like I wanted all
along, within spec,
and already welded in. A done deal.
If you all are curious, here's one of the bushings tacked in-->
http://www.mayhemr.us/tackbushing.jpg
And after welding and grinding-->
http://www.mayhemr.us/aftbushing.jpg
These are for the swingarm bolt of my current motorcycle project. I decided I
needed more 'meat' for
the bolt, and here we go...
Such a little thing that gave two weeks of FUBAR.
-Aron-
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