Flex couplers

[386MFrames]

Are the flex couplers made of rubber?
What if we could get a company to cut some out of polyurethane? Would they last longer? Or do you think it would be too stiff?

Just thinking out loud(via text over the internet)


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[OakleyFrankFMJ]

Are the flex couplers made of rubber?
What if we could get a company to cut some out of polyurethane? Would they last longer? Or do you think it would be too stiff?

Just thinking out loud(via text over the internet)


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If you send to @THE X-MAN the general consensus is that they'll outlast you anyway.

 

[386MFrames]

If you send to @THE X-MAN the general consensus is that they'll outlast you anyway.

That's the plan, I just assumed from all the sets I see that are loose that it was common thing
Haven't been in this long enough I guess

 

[SiRacer420]

Having done quite a few myself I think polyurethane would be too hard. They need to have a certain amount give to flex. Some of the ones available now are much too hard and make tune ups a nightmare.

 

[386MFrames]

Having done quite a few myself I think polyurethane would be too hard. They need to have a certain amount give to flex. Some of the ones available now are much too hard and make tune ups a nightmare.

I haven't seen any in person, so this is just speculation, but I would think it's just about thickness. The hard ones being thicker

Because in this situation, one mm thicker would probably be unusable.

 

[SiRacer420]

One mm definitely makes a difference.

If the poly ones were a bit thinner then they would flop around in the nose bridge. They have to be tight in there and that's what makes it necessary for them to be a bit soft.

This is the orbital tab. It goes in the cavity in the nose bridge. The flex coupler goes on it just like a condom.

 

["TRUMP"]

I haven't seen any in person, so this is just speculation, but I would think it's just about thickness. The hard ones being thicker

Because in this situation, one mm thicker would probably be unusable.

TWSS!

 

[386MFrames]

One mm definitely makes a difference.

If the poly ones were a bit thinner then they would flop around in the nose bridge. They have to be tight in there and that's what makes it necessary for them to be a bit soft.

This is the orbital tab. It goes in the cavity in the nose bridge. The flex coupler goes on it just like a condom.

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I guess either way, it would be a lot of trouble for something that may not work.
But....
I could give it a shot! Similar to this process but much much smaller, and tedious
Make whatever polyurethane bushing your heart desires! After a lot of work! - Turbobricks Forums

 

[SiRacer420]

Lol yeah that's a lot of work. I just get my flex couplers from OXM.parts

 

[386MFrames]

I like reasons to experiment