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Guys,
Can someone please inform me whether the linkages on the HG were gold anodised or silver anodised?
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Anodising is only for aluminium and its alloys (and a few other metals such as titanium). If you are talking about the steel accelerator linkages they are cad plated and passivated with a gold chromate. As it is hard to find anywhere to cad plate these days, many people use zinc plating with a gold/yellow chromate passivate. Cad plating has better corrosion resistance and is flatter than zinc on like parts, so to reproduce the cad look with gold zinc you can plate with a lower level of brighteners and don't highly polish the part before plating.
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I think,dont quote me,but they were also just a natural finish,maybe if your after a better look you can polish them,just my opinion(failing memory and i didnt see too many!)...jim
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If you're talking about Saginaw floor shift linkages, weren't the rods etc. a black metal finish.
The throttle linkages & rods etc. were a gold passivated finish.
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Terry, i have a HG 350 GTS with powerglide. The current accelorator linkages are silver. A mate is restoring his HT 350 GTS manual and his are the gold colour.
As i have the donk out ans stripped, i thought i would send parts off to be cad (thanks DCOE) platted, but would like to know what part gets what colour
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Lots of parts are gold cad, from linkages, to hose clamps.
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Thanks Warren, Gold it is then!
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