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Originally Posted by Kraftwerk View Post
'thermal expansion'.. when the the resin 'kicks' ?....or Just in day to day life? I would imagine the highest stress these parts see will be as the resin in the c/f heats up.... In normal freezing cold days or super hot summer-weather, wouldn't the f/g 'keep up' w/the carbon fiber? Both are 90% resin?
Carbon fiber has a thermal expansion coefficient of almost zero. When it gets hot it doesn't expand. Steel will grow as it gets hot so if you put the two together you may have problems.
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