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Old 05-09-2009, 03:40 PM   #4 (permalink)
dillon_b12

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Default Re: Aluminum tubing?

Another big problem with aluminum is that it fatigues badly. Even if you overcompensate for its strength vs. steel it will never have the resistance to fatigue that steel does.

An aluminum tube chassis is constantly weakening due to fatigue. Steel is too, but not nearly to the degree that aluminum does.
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