A snowshoe having a pivot axle for pitch rotation of the footbed platform relative to the snowshoe frame is supported from the frame in a manner that provides for significant lateral flexing, i. The system includes a lift linkage supporting the bucket and a hydraulic lift cylinder assembly connected to the lift linkage. The triboxes are coupled to the mask frame by braces having a different coefficient of thermal expansion than the triboxes so as to compensate for the expansion of the frame during thermal cycling of the cathode ray tube. While potentially useful for a variety of situations, the process is particularly applicable to a diffusion aluminide coating that has been deposited on a component to have an excessively thick additive layer, and prior to the component being returned to service.