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On 31 May 2006 at 21:41, Keith Park wrote: > Which is a perfect example of what I was referring to about WATCH OUT for > quality and safety issues, I would NOT want to run a CAST part in that kind > of an application. > > Am I being prudent about this or is there a way to CAST that would allow for > these kinds of stresses? It used to be true that any good crankshaft started life as a forging, but apparently casting techniques and alloys have improved to the point where virtually all crankshafts are now machined from castings. I would expect that the same would be true for the spindles, but only if the maker has all the same expertise available to him. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~