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Designer wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:14 am

That is an issue with chromed bolts/screws. The tools used to tighten them crack off the Plating...then the rust you mention sets in..

I switched all my fasteners to Stainless Steel. And in keeping with the European High-Tech styling I wanted, ..socket heads.

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sgtcall wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:55 am

I remember seeing a VS1400 stainless steel bolt kit one time. It was a couple hundred bolts that were supposed to replace all the noticeable ones on the Intruder.

Redoing the chrome is not really worth the expense.

hillsy v2 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:48 pm

You can get stainless engine bolt kits on eBay pretty cheap:

sgtcall wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:27 pm

hillsy v2 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:48 pm

You can get stainless engine bolt kits on eBay pretty cheap:

I'd say that would be a good deal.

Tbeck wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:01 am

The problem is that as soon as your tool starts applying torque to those stainless bolt's, you'll be no better off because they will rust. I don't believe they've come up with an anti rust bolt yet.

Designer wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:42 am

Stainless Steel resists rust mainly because of it's high Chromium and Nickel content.

Halides are one of the most serious causes of stainless steel rust. Halides include chloride, fluoride, bromide, iodide and some inter-halogen compounds. Chloride is the most common in nature and daily life and as we know, is widely present in salt, sauce, physiological saline, bleach, disinfectant, salt water lake, and sea water, etc. If stainless steel is polluted by these factors for a long time and is not cleaned in time, it will rust or tarnish. Other things such as long-term exposure to inorganic acids such as nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, etc. Organic acids such as acetic acid, formic acid, Alkaline such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH), can cause it to rust.

There are some grades made that have low chromium/nickel content that tend to rust easier that others when exposed to these harsh chemicals. However, the overwhelmingly vast majority of Stainless Steel fasteners are not of that grade and are not usually exposed to those chemicals on a motorcycle,...unlike say, on an ocean-going vessel.

So,....the overwhelmingly vast majority of Stainless Steel fasters on a Motorcycle Will Not Rust.

hillsy v2 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:24 pm

It's funny how stainless has been to go to metal in marine applications for decades.

Of course, as pointed out, there are different grades of stainless - and usually the cheaper stuff can contain corrosive elements.

Generally speaking though - stainless hardware in auto applications doesn't rust.

sgtcall wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:40 pm

hillsy v2 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:24 pm

It's funny how stainless has been to go to metal in marine applications for decades.

Of course, as pointed out, there are different grades of stainless - and usually the cheaper stuff can contain corrosive elements.

Generally speaking though - stainless hardware in auto applications doesn't rust.

Most of the exposed bolts on my Triumph are stainless. One thing about that, stainless doesn't mix well with aluminum. My neighbor is a machinists that has made custom parts for jet fighters and even the space shuttle. I was changing out the shift peg on the Triumph one day, easy job right, stainless bolt going into a aluminum arm, and the bolt was completely stuck. I ended up snapping it off. He told me aluminum will bond to stainless over time and make getting the two apart hard. But then he took my shifter arm home and an hour later had it good as new and even cut me a new bolt to go with it.