Date:         Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:03:00 -0800
Reply-To:     neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Delrin for Shift Linkage Bushing?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
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Thanks Don. Good to hear some real world use experience.

Neil.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>   Yes, good stuff.  Easy to work and durable.  Very friction-free...good
> slidey stuff.  We used lots of it at the yacht yard where I worked for a
> while for rigging fittings etc..Google Cadillac Plastics..should be able to
> source it from that starting spot..
>
>   Seeing Mark's post...MSDS(?) or some such is similar to delrin but more
> flexible..
>   Don Hanson
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:42 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> Has anyone used Delrin (Delrin AF or Delrin 500AF?) to replace the
>> shift linkage bushing above the fuel tank on air cooled and diesel
>> Vanagons?
>>
>> http://www.portplastics.com/plastics/bearingAndWear/DelrinAFQUA.html
>>
>> Delrin is used for the USRT Mk3 shift linkage (scroll down):
>>
>> http://www.germanautoparts.com/Volkswagen/Jetta/Transmission/186/3
>>
>> Seems to me that some type of Delrin might be a suitable material for
>> the 80-83.5 Vanagon shift linkage bushing above the fuel tank.
>>
>> Yes? No? Input?
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>>
>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>
>



-- 
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/

http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines