Originally Posted by
ultraman6970
Dude are u sure u want to do this? Steel u can just go and weld it. I might be wrong but aluminum after being welded needs to go to an oven or probably the frame will brake just before the new welds. The new welds are stronger than the rest of the frame, that's the reason of another process, and now instead of having a frame with ugly dropouts u might end up with a broken chainstay.
That's what I was thinking too. Aluminum bike frames are usually made of 7XXX-T2 or 6XXX-T6. The T2 and T6 are heat treating processes. You're going to lose that when you weld the dropouts. I'm sure there are guys who can do it but I'd sure want to check into it before I paid somebody to ruin my frame.