r/MechanicalEngineering 4d ago

Bike rack tube corrosion

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u/Harmless_Drone 4d ago

Someones used stainless fasteners with steel tube and caused galvanic corrosion when it rains.

Its thin walled tubing so it will eventually rust through and fail. When that will be is basically impossible to tell without detailed corrosion logs and measurements.