Barney Gaylord wrote:
>
> At 11:47 AM 3/3/2000 +1100, Neil Cotty wrote:
> >.... I can get a crank here for about $130USD - not too bad. John Black
> suggested I get the crank cryogenically blah blahed. <G> What do you think?
> ....
>
> I'm a mechanical engineer, but this is almost out of the realm of reality.
> As I recall the (really high tech) cryogenic treatment is supposed to help
> surface hardness.
Is it possible there is a different cryogenic treatment other
than the one for surface hardness?
Delorean gullwing torsion bars are cryogenically treated, and
this is a job where surface hardness is likely of no value, so I
assume it's for other reasons.
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