Mike and other's--- I totally forgot a good example of why this wouldn't happen to several measly hold down cleats up on a luggage rack way up on top of a Westy---- Next time any of you go for a blast in you Vanagon----and get blown away by a large car--Peterbuilt, Mack, or KW----- Check out his front wheels----fuel tanks---battery boxes--- Guess what they are made out of? Alcoa Aluminum--- And how are them wheels held on? Mild steel lugs---bolted to cast steel hubs--- How bout them dual 150 gal fuel tanks? Stainless straps, bolted to a steel, sometimes alunimum frame, with zinc plated mild steel nuts, and washers-- And how about them aluminum frames? Every component on that semi is held to that frame with mid steel nuts, bolts and washers---from the suspension to the cab--- And you guys worry about 12 aluminum rivets, 7 feet off the ground, out of the salt wash in the winter---very trivial stuff--- Stanless steel, and a couple of aluminum rivets, that high up won't make a tinkers damn in you lifetime---believe me--- Now lets have some good trivial issues here----some real meaty stuff----so I can blow some more dumb concepts out the window--- Later, Terry
E-mail message From Mike Boland electrolysis is due to two different types metals...one acts as - other as + in time they'll corriod.. Mike At 12:36 AM 5/15/2002 -0500, Terry K. wrote: But as we are not in a marine environment--the aluminum will work just ducky Alistair----- I have never seen stainless pop type rivets---- I doubt electrolysis will kick in on the fiberglass luggage rack of a Westy---:>) Later, ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://community.webtv.net/CTONLINE/TerrysHighOnLife |
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