Titanium Axles?

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Edited Date/Time 3/19/2012 1:43pm
Has anyone used titanium axles before and is there major improvements?
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newmann 2/9/2012 9:42pm
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By themselves you'll never notice the difference in weight. For a free weight loss that can be ten times more than a set of axles, compare tire weights next time you need a set of tires. If you ride a lot of sand tracks you'll be in luck.
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BAMX 3/18/2012 8:19pm
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newmann wrote:
By themselves you'll never notice the difference in weight. For a free weight loss that can be ten times more than a set of axles, compare...
By themselves you'll never notice the difference in weight. For a free weight loss that can be ten times more than a set of axles, compare tire weights next time you need a set of tires. If you ride a lot of sand tracks you'll be in luck.
Along those lines..... titanium shock spring. Its way cheaper and more bang for your buck. Some say it even has a better feel than a steel spring. Also, I think I read that a Ti bolt doesn't have the life span of the steel.If you have to have Ti...Mettec is the company that makes the cool stuff.
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newmann 3/19/2012 6:50am
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BAMX wrote:
Along those lines..... titanium shock spring. Its way cheaper and more bang for your buck. Some say it even has a better feel than a steel...
Along those lines..... titanium shock spring. Its way cheaper and more bang for your buck. Some say it even has a better feel than a steel spring. Also, I think I read that a Ti bolt doesn't have the life span of the steel.If you have to have Ti...Mettec is the company that makes the cool stuff.
I hear that a lot but, they aren't changing out all the bolts every time a 747 lands are they?
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BAMX 3/19/2012 1:43pm
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It isn't every time but airplanes are inspected constantly. Maybe someone on here is an A and P and can enlighten us.

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