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thanks for info.
minty smell of the rubber mustn't be a big deal as far as it goes into the hub : )

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Originally Posted by Nkanwar (Post 631604)

Thanks, good to know about the Polyurethane rod. I will consider that in the future.

I used 80% wintergreen oil and 20% ethyl alcohol .

I tested one cushion rubber at first, checked every hour for 4 hours. Once I confirmed the rubber is safe and would not disintegrate into pieces . I submerged all the cushion rubbers overnight. I kept it at room temperature.

Day 2 I verified whether all the cushion rubbers were soft and continued to soak the hard ones for longer . The wintergreen oil does leave behind minty or balm smell on the rubber but it works.

We have a product Omega 917 for renew seals adding in oil, recomend if you have similar product it works and you dont need alcohol.

I didn't have much luck with the wintergreen oil approach when I was trying to soften the air filter hoses on my old Yamaha. It does soften rubber but it does it in an odd way insofar as it swells up and softens from the edges in. On a tubular structure like an air hose the ends soften and swell more than the middle so they start to curl back on themselves. I tried for a couple of months to find just the right amount of swelling (they slowly contract back if you leave them) but gave up when I found a company in California doing repro hoses.

The odour's nice though if you like your bike smelling like a hospital ward :rofl: