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Posted by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on June 09, 2004 at 06:08:06 from (207.179.175.155):
In Reply to: painful nut posted by dirthog on June 09, 2004 at 03:27:34:
Mass production makes great volumes of common parts readily available; but then they have to sell in volume to make the $$$. My Dad [whom I inherited the Super A from] was also a machinist - he could have turned that nut out for you on his lathe, in several hours. But then his skilled labour at $xx per hour ?! My son paid Mr Suzuki's concern $8 for a Metric Rear Axle castle nut - it had the one thread pitch of 3, that we did not have a tap for. Still cheaper than going down the asphalt on front wheel only...... Gas here is equivalent of US $ 2.68 per US Gallon. My old ship-mate who commutes from France, was paying the equivalent of US $ 4.60 per US Gallon and that was before the Saudi Arabia bombings sent it all up. There are no Gaz-Guzzlers in France, for the ordinary man. When you don't live atop an oil-well - this is what ya gotta pay. Cheers Pat from New Brunswick
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