[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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