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Re: Teflon bushings

To: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>
Subject: Re: Teflon bushings
From: Derek Harling <derek.lola@sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 21:47:03 -0500
Low melting point? - Oh! - we used it for buttons on the ends of piston
pins in my Mini Cooper S - seemed to work OK - were we just lucky?
Derek


Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
> 
> Teflon is pretty good stuff. Not as hard as delrin, but harder/firmer than
> rubber. The thing to beware is that it has a relatively low melting
> point (I'm remembering about 250 degF) and emits toxic fumes as it melts.

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