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RE: [T3] Front suspension bump stops....NLA


On 19 Apr 2002, at 14:13, Charles Navarro wrote:

> Isn't a bump stop supposed to be a shock absorber (be able to compress and
> return to its original shape). I would think that a urethane bump stop would
> deform and stay deformed. Just my two cents worth. 

The bump stop just limits travel softly, there's little energy dissipation, which 
is what you get with a shock absorber. Urethane (actually polyurethane) 
returns to shape very nicely.

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Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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