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| (...) The part inside the cylinder at the top that takes the pressure of the compressed spring is obviously not man enough for the job because it cracks and leaves bits of ABS inside the cylinder. Huw (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| As Huw says, the black piece of plastic, that prevents the spring from dropping into the clear cylinder, breaks up. This renders the damper completely useless. As soon as my original replacements arrived, I placed them in a compressed position, to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) Huw, they must vary from lot to lot, because I have one that was built up on about the 25th of aug, and is still fine...I don't know, it could be yet to go though :) James (25 years ago, 15-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) the (...) Its good to hear that they have acknowledged there's a problem. I can't see them being aluminium, though :-) Huw (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FL9E03.Ju8@lugnet.com... (...) about (...) though Only one of mine was visibly broken while it was still in the model - the one that stopped working. The other ones had hairline (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| My new dampers arrived today, which is a very quick response. One has gone straight into compression. Unfortunately, I cannot see any difference between these and the old items. :-( Jonathon Huw Millington wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.loc.uk)
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