Composite/Alloy Rear Suspension for Arctic Cat

[LoudHandle]

Aren't those chips beautiful?? You guys should have seen the pile of shavings after using the facing mill for the first .400 thousandths! This is the 6061 I picked up the other day. Started as a 4"x3" flat bar stock. So far it's been great to work with! The 1" end mill
made easy work of getting through the material and left a beautiful surface finish. More than likely, these pieces will be powder coated anyways.


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I personally would not powder coat any of the heat treated aluminum alloys!

Unless you really know and trust the powder coater; to use short cycle times and very low temp powders Anything over 300 F for any length of time can remove or degrade the heat treatment / temper. If that happens you will lose roughly half of it strength.

I prefer hard teflon anodizing; as their is no weight gain, nearly no build up (0.001"-0.003" build up, and roughly the same amount of penetration) and it is much more durable and last longer than powder coat. Powder coat will start failing / peeling away within a few years. FWIW

 

[Phizzer]

We have a powder coating system that I was going to use. But I like the hard Teflon anodizing idea better. I'd have to look around where I could get that done.


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[Mountain_Man]

It will be interesting to follow your progress and hopefully see the end product. It's sure amazing how those chips expand in volume, kind of like popcorn.

 

[LoudHandle]

We have a powder coating system that I was going to use. But I like the hard Teflon anodizing idea better. I'd have to look around where I could get that done.
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You might phone AMP, After Market Products and see who they use. Every part I've ever bought from them looks awesome but I do not know what type they specify for their stuff. They are in your neck of the woods.

My Google search came up with a few in Portland, but did not come up with much in the Seattle area, surprisingly that maintained a website. Specialty Plating came up as a Yellow page add but did not specify their capabilities of course.

With all the industry marine and aircraft right there on the coast there has to be quite a few I would think. I know there is one place in Spokane as well.