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> Valence rubber spacers, Need dimensions
chmillman
post Dec 3 2025, 05:47 AM
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Mine are all crushed, and in any case it looks like they weren't the original ones. I'm not going to be ordering them from AA obviously, so I will probably need to make my own. Anyone have the proper dimensions? Looks like the ones I took off were made from slicing something like rubber (fuel?) hose, which is what I might try if I find more or less the right diameter/thickness. ID is probably 6mm. TIA

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post Dec 3 2025, 06:07 AM
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LOL! I can absolutely imagine ordering them from AA and getting some randomly cut pieces of fuel line at $4.77 a piece, $12 handling fee and $20 ship.
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post Dec 3 2025, 09:02 AM
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914Rubber has them, and probably quite a bit less for the whole set than for each AA piece.
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Oops…didn’t see this was from Switzland so deleted irrelevant response.
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post Dec 3 2025, 10:07 AM
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Well again, ordering from the US is just out of the question because of shipping costs... So fuel hose it is. All I really need is a height. somewhere around 8mm?
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post Dec 3 2025, 10:15 AM
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we had a thousand made to precise specifications


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Mine are all crushed, and in any case it looks like they weren't the original ones. I'm not going to be ordering them from AA obviously, so I will probably need to make my own. Anyone have the proper dimensions? Looks like the ones I took off were made from slicing something like rubber (fuel?) hose, which is what I might try if I find more or less the right diameter/thickness. ID is probably 6mm. TIA

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post Dec 3 2025, 11:15 AM
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post Dec 3 2025, 12:10 PM
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The item pictured on the 914Rubber site looks huge in diameter... If I copy the image and scale it so that the hole is 5mm (a 5mm bolt goes through it) the OD is like 21mm...

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AA's image looks more like 16mm
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post Dec 3 2025, 03:11 PM
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LOL! I can absolutely imagine ordering them from AA and getting some randomly cut pieces of fuel line at $4.77 a piece, $12 handling fee and $20 ship.

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Yes sadly true ,seems to be the way they roll or bankroll (lol) I would think they lose a lot of business for that reason ?
I have a packet of genuine ones part 914-559-127-10 ,got them from Stoddard a long time ago ,they are a hard rubber ,almost plastic like.
15 mm x 7 mm ,the centre hole is 4.5 mm so they are a tight fit with a 5mm bolt which makes sense as it holds them in place, cheers.
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QUOTE(porschetub @ Dec 3 2025, 10:11 PM) *

I have a packet of genuine ones part 914-559-127-10 ,got them from Stoddard a long time ago ,they are a hard rubber ,almost plastic like.
15 mm x 7 mm ,the centre hole is 4.5 mm so they are a tight fit with a 5mm bolt which makes sense as it holds them in place, cheers.


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Years ago I started using these O size faucet washers. Cheap readily available and they work just fine

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post Dec 4 2025, 11:12 AM
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So I went the sliced fuel hose route for now, until I can find something better.

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They aren't absolutely perfectly even - they would have been if the bit of hose I had was straight, but unfortunately it had a slight bend to it - but they're rubber and will compress anyway. 6mm ID, 13mm OD. I went with a 7.5mm target height. It was a $0, right-now solution which seems to work fine.
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So I went the sliced fuel hose route for now, until I can find something better.

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They aren't absolutely perfectly even - they would have been if the bit of hose I had was straight, but unfortunately it had a slight bend to it - but they're rubber and will compress anyway. 6mm ID, 13mm OD. I went with a 7.5mm target height. It was a $0, right-now solution which seems to work fine.

I really love the da to knife clamped into the tool holder.
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