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I have to agree.  I wish I saved the post involved from the RX-7 list.
Someone got a rebuild from hayes that ALLEGEDLY had side hosings lapped way
too far, and the o rings were compressed too much and delaminated.  I think
I'm getting them anyway.

What follows is another post on the subject sent a bit later.  I'm not sure
if I should be fowarding this to the list, but what the heck...BTW, what
are the original o rings made out of anyway??

Tom Jelly, HSBC Futures at the CME  312-559-1057 7am-2pm.   773-348-6549
(H)  773-206-6764 (cell)

Several months ago, I was talking to Rob Golden of Pineapple Racing. He is
an engine builder who specializes in racing applications and has a good
reputation. He told me that those special Hayes O-rings could not possibly
live up to the claims because the materials used could not stand the temps
they would be exposed to on a regular basis (daily driving; not just
racing). He was _very_ certain of this. I'm not qualified to speak for him,
so if you have any question you can contact him at . I don't
know anything first hand about their rebuild quality, but a couple years ago
Hayes seemed to be considered the best in the business while now they appear
to have slipped badly. I wonder what happened....

Blake Qualley

Total nonsense. Silicone and teflon are the best high temp materials
you can get for these applications. The ratings on this stuff are 
over 500 degrees. Teflon is one of the most inert of all plastics.

Some articulate disgruntled customer or even a competitor posing as 
a customer can up load this crap to an Internet news group and 
nobody checks. That's why I gave up on news groups a couple of years
ago.

Paul Lamar
 
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