The metal underneath should be painted at least. The problem then is not
the metal parts but the bolts that hold it. If you are really concerned,
fit a piece of wing piping uder the thing. Boltwise, you might use some
of those plastic covered bolts. Not that I would go to that length,
but...
Gernot
> ----------
> From: wises@execpc.com[SMTP:wises@execpc.com]
> Reply To: wises@execpc.com
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 1998 8:36 PM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Dissimilar metals
>
>
> Dear Triumph Intelligensia
>
> Upon delivery of my TR3 body and associated parts to the paint shop,
> the
> owner expressed some concern about placing the aluminum rear fender
> stone
> guards directly against the steel of the body. Dissimilar metals have
> a
> tendency to eat each other away rather rapidly due to Galvanic action.
> My
> only response was, "Geez, they been doing it this way for 40 years".
> Has
> anybody else worried about this and, better yet, has anyone come up
> with a
> solution?
>
> Galvanically yours,
>
> Bob Wise
> '61 TR3A (finally getting a Primrose Yellow paint job after 11 years
> of
> sitting in the garage)
>
>
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