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<blockquote data-quote="oexing" data-source="post: 163086" data-attributes="member: 1493"><p>Davidd, did you strip the paint of your casting to inspect these "cracks" ? Seems a strange pattern of cracks in the paint to come from a cracked component. I´d have suspected poor paint quality , like from American plastic thermo paint ?? </p><p> Also, I do not share the hydraulic theory of blowing up the casting by brute force. There has to be just minimal wall thickness for cracking the steel. Not easy to get size of wall along the crack, maybe drill some small holes along the crack and do a guess from that. </p><p> I´d be surprised if this item was a forged part, cannot imagine how they would do this shape. So I believe this is a casting like most other parts on classics.</p><p></p><p> Vic</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oexing, post: 163086, member: 1493"] Davidd, did you strip the paint of your casting to inspect these "cracks" ? Seems a strange pattern of cracks in the paint to come from a cracked component. I´d have suspected poor paint quality , like from American plastic thermo paint ?? Also, I do not share the hydraulic theory of blowing up the casting by brute force. There has to be just minimal wall thickness for cracking the steel. Not easy to get size of wall along the crack, maybe drill some small holes along the crack and do a guess from that. I´d be surprised if this item was a forged part, cannot imagine how they would do this shape. So I believe this is a casting like most other parts on classics. Vic [/QUOTE]
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