I'd go for it, if it made reasonable economic sense.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Albers" <Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu>
To: <william.lewis@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu>
Cc: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: polyurethane crosstube
> william.lewis@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu writes:
>
> >I replaced by cross tube with a new one from Rick about 7 years ago.
> >The
> >rubber on it fell apart this last year. I know other people have had
> >this
> >problem and there was some speculation that the rubber in the NOS cross
> >tube had weakened over the years of storage and just wasn't up to snuff.
>
> This is an important issue for 'Piners and I think there may be a
> company that will work with us if we can get a large enough order. I
> have had a little experience with Energy Suspension here in SoCal.
> It's a name I am sure many of you are familiar with. They specialize
> in polyurethane suspension products. They helped me not long ago with
> PU boot covers for my ball joints and tie rod ends. They had covers
> right off the shelf (but I did have to modify how they mounted, using
> baling wire to hold them on). I think they'd be more than happy to
> make a run of bushings for us if we could scare up enough support (and
> by that I mean $$), much like Sergio did with the ARP rod bolts. What
> do you all think?
>
> CNA
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