[DeTomaso] Seat Slide Wheels

MikeLDrew at aol.com MikeLDrew at aol.com
Sun Dec 12 01:58:39 EST 2010


In a message dated 12/11/10 21 21 45, jskeane6 at gmail.com writes:


> Who sells the Delrin wheels?  All I could find are the brass ones.  I 
> like to support the vendors, and I don't mind paying them a reasonable 
> mark-up, but $85 for what is essentially 5 inches of round bar cut into pieces 
> seemed like a lot to me.
> 

>>>I think you are probably oversimplying things greatly.   I doubt it's as 
simple as cutting up round bar.   These things are machined to the proper 
inside and outside diameter, a labor-intensive job.

Delrin is much cheaper than brass, but the Delrin rollers aren't all that 
much cheaper than the brass ones:

http://precisionproformance.com/in1065.htm

The cost mostly comes from the labor, I think.

Mike



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