Source for chrome bolts, washers, etc?

jsmith1107 · Post by **jsmith1107** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 8:55 am

Does anyone have a source for chrome bolts, washers, etc?

I need just a few for my CL77 restoration because some of them were either missing when I bought the bike or totally ruined after someone put them in wrong.

Thanks,
Jeff

cadman · Post by **cadman** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:29 am

Finding JIS hardware is difficult - Finding chrome JIS hardware is impossible.

Finding ISO hardware fairly easy - Finding ISO chrome possible but not easy.

I have been buying ISO stainless hardware and polishing it - then also buying in ISO tap or die for the existing threads. The thread pattern between JIS and ISO is fairly close. Retapping seems to work fairly well.

jsmith1107 · Post by **jsmith1107** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:56 am

so when you polish stainless out, how does it look? Does it shine and is similiar to chrome in its look?

cadman · Post by **cadman** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:03 am

Here's a pic of a stainless acorn nut that holds the shock. I polished it and ran a die over the shock mount so it wold thread on. Stainless will polish and be very close to chrome - It won't have quite the "snap" that chrome has. There is a compound specifically for stainless (green) but regular will work okay.