Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:54:10 +1000
From: Geo. Spiridonov
Gregg Kricorissian wrote:
> Continuing our thread on stanchion tube materials:
> I took one more look in the Royal Enfield manual, and it declares
> the 12 and 14 ga stanchions are indeed "Chrome Molybdenum Steel"
(chromoly).
> It doesn't state what alloy, however.
G'day,
There's your answer there chromium for increased penetration of the
hardening process and response to heat treatment and molybdenum also causes
the steel to harden more evenly and increases toughness chromoly will be
numbered with a four digit code starting with 41xx chrome moly nickel starts
with 43xx most are a machine grade carbon plus steel, stick a piece up
to a grinder and check sparks the higher the carbon the finer and whiter
the sparks.
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Cheers Geo.
QBN NSW AUST.