Yes, good stuff.  Easy to work and durable.  Very friction-free...good
slidey stuff.  We used lots of it at the yacht yard where I worked for a
while for rigging fittings etc..Google Cadillac Plastics..should be able to
source it from that starting spot..

  Seeing Mark's post...MSDS(?) or some such is similar to delrin but more
flexible..
  Don Hanson

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:42 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Has anyone used Delrin (Delrin AF or Delrin 500AF?) to replace the
> shift linkage bushing above the fuel tank on air cooled and diesel
> Vanagons?
>
> http://www.portplastics.com/plastics/bearingAndWear/DelrinAFQUA.html
>
> Delrin is used for the USRT Mk3 shift linkage (scroll down):
>
> http://www.germanautoparts.com/Volkswagen/Jetta/Transmission/186/3
>
> Seems to me that some type of Delrin might be a suitable material for
> the 80-83.5 Vanagon shift linkage bushing above the fuel tank.
>
> Yes? No? Input?
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>