Swingarm Fabrication

The swingarm of the FWS1000 is a unique and complex multi-piece aluminium weldment design which was quite the challenge to fabricate.

The upper section of each arm is a single piece of extruded aluminium box section with a compound curve bending inboard and downwards towards the pivot.The bottom arm member incorporporates the receptacle to accommodate the suspension links. The images below show the steps involved in the fabrication process.

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