I can't speak to what the long term wear would be on this, but here's
what I used:

https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/PopTopStrutCableAndSpringEtc#5501604219504466738

Done with the everyman/woman in mind. Otherwise I would have welded in
a steel bushing.

I annealed the part then expanded it. I had to embiggen the whole it
fits into. (which was already worn as noted)

Neil.

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Rocket J Squirrel
<camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyway, you wrote "My fix was to cut the tube short, turn a solid end
> piece out of bronze and epoxy it in."
>
> How's that holding up? Did anyone come up with a fix that doesn't
> require a lathe?

--
Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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