[DML] Re: re-gassed struts

["Eric Goldstein" <goldstein_eric@xxxx>]

Martin writes:
(SNIP)
I asked him for a price and he said 42 pounds per PAIR of struts. That
is including return international shipping. Simply send your sagging
struts to Dave with a cheque for 42 pounds (which equals 69 dollars -
slightly more than the cost of ONE new strut from DMC Houston) and he'll 
send you a pair of re-gassed struts by return.
(SNIP)

I was talking to Ron Grady about this and he said this topic came over the 
weekend at the tech seminar at the SEDOC event in Atlanta. He talked about 
the lifespan of the regassesd struts as about one year ONLY.

I talked to Steven at DMC Hoston and he said the same thing, that the 
problem is the shafts on the struts get pitted over time, microscopically 
pitted, but pitted nonetheless, and thats why the gas leaks out. I can see 
thats why re-gassing would only last a year, where new struts with new 
shafts would last longer.

Seems like re-gassing is a losing proposition to me, especially considering 
its $70 per pair, plus I have to pay to send the olds ones to England...what 
do I do until they come back, build up my arm muscles opening the doors 
without a strut on it? And if he only does them in batches of 30, it may be 
awhile before I get them back, too!

Eric the naysayer

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