Aluminum Tipped Fork Drop Outs

Doing my weekly maintenance I noticed what appeared to be a crack on
the aluminum dropouts at the end of the carbon fork. Then I saw the
same cracks on both sides, that seemed a bit odd. I took the wheel
out and then saw that the cracks were actually some kind of coating
that was flaking off. What is that coating?

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:04:11 -0700 (PDT), Jorg Lueke
wrote:

Doing my weekly maintenance I noticed what appeared to be a crack on
the aluminum dropouts at the end of the carbon fork. Then I saw the
same cracks on both sides, that seemed a bit odd. I took the wheel
out and then saw that the cracks were actually some kind of coating
that was flaking off. What is that coating?

Probably clear coat. If you don't coat carbon with hard paint the
stuff disintegrates.
--
zk

On Aug 10, 11:06*pm, Zoot Katz wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:04:11 -0700 (PDT), Jorg Lueke

wrote:
Doing my weekly maintenance I noticed what appeared to be a crack on
the aluminum *dropouts at the end of the carbon fork. *Then I saw the
same cracks on both sides, that seemed a bit odd. *I took the wheel
out and then saw that the cracks were actually some kind of coating
that was flaking off. *What is that coating?

Probably clear coat. If you don't coat carbon with hard paint the
stuff disintegrates.
--
zk

That makes sense. Would it make sense to reapply it on the dropouts
since they are not carbon?