Making a carbon fiber swingarm

flat tire

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I'm going from this:
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To this:
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The area between the beams will be all filled in like some moto swingers. Contact points will be floxed Al. Any questions?
 
flat tire said:
... floxed Al. Any questions?

What is "floxed Al"; searches for that term all bring up stuff about some neuro-degenerative disorder.
 
Gregory said:
I assume it to be annodised Al.

Possible, but I've never heard it termed that.

And whilst anodizing might prevent galvanic corrosion and has a pretty good bond with the Al, it is a notoriously difficult surface to get a good bond to.

When Lotus were researching the gluing&pining together of the Aluminium substructure for the Elise, they had to use a 180C heat-set epoxy and thoroughly clean the bond faces.
 
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