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Chrome balls are more resistant to pitting than stainless balls you have to keep them greased though. grade 10 balls are the best to buy and hubs rebuilt with these feel like da or campagnolo record hubs. Hardress of the balls is not that relevant to hub wear as the cups and cones are harder. Also it is the higher the grade the rounder the balls and the smaller the variation in diameter in the batch and this makes a bigger difference. I use grade 10 chrome balls when servicing any hub the balls are cheap and given the low cost it is simply not worth skimping on.
oh the thread has moved why does my browser always go to the penultimate page meaning I end up posting on what has already passed.