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Recovery position

Although hard chrome plating in the motorcycling world is associated with the salvaging of telescopic front fork stanchions, like metal spraying, in some cases it may be appropriate for the recovery of worn rotating or sliding parts within engines, gearboxes, clutches, wheel hubs, girder front forks (spindles)

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