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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Sounds like a material problem all right. The manufacturer should be concerned
with correcting this problem.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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Arial'>I have an old set for a Meridian that I never finished that I won in a raffle
near the end of an era as I was retooling for turnaround. I can cut them with
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Paul LaChance<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 14, 2007
7:09 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> NSRCA Mailing List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [NSRCA-discussion]
Soft Mounts (Beam)</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Jim,</span></font><font
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>They
are not melting. But they get soft and turn to mush. They become
into gummy bear consistency. I thought it was the oil, but I had a
new in the package set already soft and tearable. They had been stored in
a dark place and the package had never been opened. I think the material
being used had changed from the original formulation and did not hold up like
it should have. The belt material also has the cloth molded into it,
which as we all know is what makes car and lawnmower belt almost impossible to
tear and break. They last a long time and hold up extremely well under
very harsh conditions. I hope all who try it find it as good as I
did. </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:
windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Paul</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div style='font-color:black'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <a
href="mailto:jnhiller@earthlink.net" title="jnhiller@earthlink.net">J N Hiller</a>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <a
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org"
title="nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</a> </span></font><font
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Friday, December 14,
2007 9:12 PM</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] Soft Mounts (Beam)</span></font><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.2pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><span
class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Are they really melting or
softening / dissolving? Could be the material is incompatible with the
synthetic oil used in the fuel.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.2pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
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class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Something else to consider.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jim Hiller<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:76.2pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><font size=2
color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> <a
href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bill Thompson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 14, 2007
3:48 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [NSRCA-discussion] Soft
Mounts (Beam)</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:76.2pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:76.2pt;border:none;mso-border-left-alt:
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color=black face="MS Serif"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Serif";
color:black'>Has anyone had the rubber for these mounts soften and melt. This
is the second time in the last year it happened.The mounts are MK using Dave
Brown VibaDamp 4/C Isolators.</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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