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1960 hood latch

DUAL QUAD

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1960 1964
Can anyone tell me if the male hood latch is suppose to be cad plated and the spring semi gloss black .Or is the whole latch cad plated including the spring.Thanks Bob W
 
They generally avoided plating of springs, since hrdrogen embrittlement will tend to make them break. This is the same reason that high strength fasteners were not plated. Nowdays, they use some organic coating to protect the Grade 8 and stronger fasteners, and still give some corrosion resistance. They also have learned that baking the parts at high temp right after plating will drive the hydrogen out, but is still seldom used on high strength and spring steel.


Regards, John McGraw
 

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