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Subject:Re: Science of Washboarding
From:Roger Whittaker
Date:Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:59:42 -0700

dear van
i thought wash-boarding was determined to be illegal
or certainly in contravention of several conventions
no matter how fast you go at it ...wash-boarding is illegal
please tell your children
Just Say No to wash-boarding

yours

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 2:34 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 03:48 PM 9/27/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> The shock absorbers must be doing a lot of in and out travel, continuously
>> and rapidly when floating the body over washboard. Friction at the seals
>> where the smaller diameter portion of the shock goes into the larger
>> diameter bit could cause them to get mighty warm. A little KY perhaps?
>>
>
> They get hot because they're converting mechanical energy into heat
> -- that's their job and their nature.
>
> :-)
> D
>

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