Marlin did say that (hard chrome) and I considered it, but....
I hadn't heard of anyone successfully doing it, and Marlin (great machinist that he is) isn't one for much chit-chat. I asked for a little more info, but I never was able to get high confidence that the hard chrome process has been proven on someone's ZF.
Rocky
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