Rider pegs, brackets, shifter levers and heel guards cut from 6061-T6, 7075 and 316L. Load-path geometry held to ±0.005 mm, grip surfaces knurled and anodized for wet-boot traction.
Most complaints trace back to four shop-floor decisions.
A peg cut from generic 6061 without a grain-controlled billet yields at the neck. The rider loses a contact point mid-corner, and the bracket tears the frame mount. Material spec and fillet radius decide this before the first chip is cut.
Smooth machined knurl or a light bead blast leaves no drainage path. Water films over the peg, boot rubber loses bite, and the rider shifts weight onto the wrong point. Knurl pitch, depth and anodize type matter more than the base alloy here.
A reamed hole at ±0.1 mm clearance lets the peg rotate on the pin. Every bump adds a little play until the lever feels vague. Bore tolerance and pin hardness have to be specified as a pair, not separately.
Hardcoat builds 20–50 μm per surface. If the mask plan is wrong, threads grow and the fastener cross-threads on install. Masking and post-plate re-tap must be in the routing from the start.
Geometry, grip texture and mounting interface come off the same process plan.
Footrest components are awkward parts. The mounting boss, pivot bore, grip face and heel-guard plane rarely sit on three orthogonal axes. On a 3-axis machine you re-fixture four or five times, and each re-clamp adds stack-up error at the pivot.
We run these on 16 simultaneous 5-axis machining centers. The peg body, spline or flat, and the mounting interface are cut in one or two setups off a single datum. That is how the pivot bore and the grip face stay perpendicular to each other instead of drifting apart.
A grip surface has to do two things: bite a wet boot sole, and drain water out of the contact patch. Cross knurl at a coarse pitch bites but traps water. A finer diamond pattern drains better and wears faster. We cut test coupons at two or three pitches on the actual alloy so you can feel the trade before committing to a production cycle.
After cutting, the peg goes through bead blasting to break the burr edge, then anodize. Hardcoat anodize gives the wear resistance a steel-toe boot demands, but it is brittle on thin webs. For those we use Type II color anodize and accept shorter service life in exchange for impact tolerance.
Match the alloy to the load case, not to the price list.
| Part | Alloy | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Rider peg body | 7075-T6 | Highest strength, takes a fine knurl |
| Peg body, cost-driven | 6061-T6 | Good corrosion resistance, easy to anodize |
| Heel guard | 5052 or 5083 | Formable, resists road salt |
| Shifter / brake lever | 6061-T6 or 4130 | Stiffness per gram, weldable |
| Pivot pin | 17-4PH (SUS630) | Hard and corrosion resistant |
| Off-road peg teeth | 316L stainless | Wears slowly, no plating to chip |
Complex peg bodies, levers and brackets cut in one or two setups from a single datum.
Pivot pins, spacers and threaded bosses turned to ±0.005 mm, milled features in the same cycle.
Ergonomics coupons and fit-check pegs before tooling commitments or production runs.
Anodize, hardcoat, bead blast, tumble and laser marking under one roof.
Heel guards, heat shields and mounting plates formed and finished to drawing.
From one prototype to 10,000+ part runs, no minimum order quantity.
Numbers you can plan a program around.
| Item | Capability | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tolerance | ±0.005 mm (±0.0002 in) | On critical bores and faces |
| Fine finish | Ra 0.2–0.8 μm | Pivot bores and sliding faces |
| General finish | Ra 0.8–1.6 μm | Grip faces and outer profiles |
| Max part envelope | 4,000 mm | Full-frame brackets and rails |
| Rotary table | Ø400 mm | Multi-face work in one setup |
| Laser marking | 1.5 mm min character height | Part numbers, torque callouts |
15 years cutting functional metal parts, with the process knowledge that only shows up on second and third production runs.
5-axis, 4-axis, 3-axis, mill-turn and finishing lines, so a footrest assembly does not bounce between vendors.
Raw material check, in-process monitoring and final inspection on every job. Reports on request.
Drawing review with manufacturability notes inside 12 hours. Production can start within 24 hours.
ISO 9001:2015, IATF 16949:2016, ISO 13485:2016 and ISO 27001:2022 cover quality and data handling.
One prototype peg or a 10,000-part run. Same process plan, same inspection standard.
Short runs of rider pegs and brackets for fitment across several model years.
Pressed and machined peg assemblies where weight and part count both matter.
Stainless grip teeth and hardened pins for repeated impact without plating loss.
7075-T6 if the peg sees high bending load or you want a fine, sharp knurl that holds its edge. It machines well but is less forgiving of sharp internal corners.
6061-T6 if cost, corrosion resistance and anodize appearance matter more than peak strength. Most street and touring pegs land here.
Yes, when both features are cut in the same 5-axis setup. We keep one datum for the bore, the mounting boss and the grip plane, so squareness is set by the machine rather than by a re-clamp.
If the design forces a second operation, we use dedicated soft jaws and check the result on the CMM before the run continues.
Hardcoat builds roughly 20–50 μm per surface, so a bore shrinks and a shaft grows. Type II color anodize adds less.
Send us the pin diameter and the intended clearance. We will set the pre-plate bore size so the assembled fit lands where you want it, and we mask and re-tap threads after plating.
A finer diamond pattern drains water out of the contact patch and holds grip on a wet sole without tearing boot rubber. A coarse straight cross knurl bites harder but traps water and wears the sole faster.
We cut sample coupons at two or three pitches on your specified alloy so you can compare before committing to production.
Yes. 316L and 17-4PH cover grip teeth and pivot pins. For titanium we cut TA1, TA2 and TC4 (Ti-6Al-4V).
Titanium needs slower feeds and more coolant, which shows up in cycle time rather than in tolerance. We will say so in the quote instead of hiding it.
Dimensional report on the drawing's critical features, material certificate, and surface finish readings where the print calls them out.
Every part is inspected before shipment. Reports are available on request rather than shipped as standard, so tell us upfront what your quality file needs.
Quotation and DFM analysis come back within 12 hours of a usable drawing or STEP file. Production can start within 24 hours of approval, and parts typically ship in 3–5 days.
That window assumes the drawing is release-ready. Open questions on grip pitch or anodize type add a review cycle.
Yes, on request before you upload. Uploads are handled as confidential, and we hold ISO 27001:2022 for information security.
If your program covers a model that is not public yet, say so in the first message and we route the file accordingly.
Upload a STEP file or 2D print. We return a quote with DFM notes on alloy, knurl pitch, anodize masking and tolerance stack within 12 hours.
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