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Old Jun 8, 2020 | 06:20 PM
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what do you guys use to replace the rubber compensator blocks?
they are obsolete.
 
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Old Jun 8, 2020 | 07:30 PM
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the jap bikes still use them and they are available I believe but you have to Dremel them to fit

or boon in Europe could have them but he does not sell to the usa another post was just going around about using boon and some one is helping with that from England
 
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I wonder if the newer cush drive blocks would be suitable to cut down.
 
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