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Here are my homemade buttons

I roll bearings in about 15 times a year in the diesel world. For a special tool ive made my own buttons for work. Not sure if it would work in your car or not. I take a bolt and grind the head to the thickness of the main shell with rounding a slight arch. Then install the button into the oil hole on the crank and slowly turn the crank with a ratchet on the front. The button pushes against the main shell and rolls it out. Maybe at work tomorrow i can take a picture of one i made.

When you say top bearings are we still looking at rods. You don't need to remove the crank to do rods or mains. Mains you just have to know how to roll in a new set.

And i have thought about chrome hydro dipping but there is nobody local

Here is a comparison of the paint and old chrome.

Im happy with this paint till next year when i may chrome the bumpers, right now im just getting the other pieces chromed. Just wanted to show others how this paint looks as i am impressed compared to other paints and not everyone can afford chrome.

And my last coat with chrome paint, if you look closely you can see the reflection. The revell chrome paint is really good compared to others.

IThey were painted when i got it. Some came painted, some came chromed. Not sure what mine were. I want to chrome later. Right now im having my headlight buckets, the fog lamps, and the brow trim rechromed. Im using a guy that is highly recommend by several car show winners. Top notch show quality chrome, but its gonna lighten the bank a little. So little at a time.

After

Before pictures

Here is a picture of the bumpers ive been refinishing.

I typed hammer paint but auto correct strikes again.

You could use hose covering and the paint the plastic housing with hammer paint and it would look good

I own a couple of them and love it. But i will use it 6hrs a day at work. It does show power ground and you can power up circuits or ground items out ect. I often use it to power up starter solenoids. It even reads the variable voltage of computer data lines. Yes it is overkill for our cars, a test light and cheap volt meter works fine.