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Extending your example: I've heard from mechanics that looser tolerances also lead to cars that age much better as the components change in shape due to wear an
by hathawsh 8y ago
Extending your example: I've heard from mechanics that looser tolerances also lead to cars that age much better as the components change in shape due to wear and corrosion. Expensive cars have expensively machined parts to avoid the need for gaskets, while ordinary cars use gaskets to avoid the need for expensively machined parts. This trade-off is counter-intuitive for most car buyers.
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- AstralStorm 8y agoMost cheap gaskets age less than gracefully. Soft elastic but not ductile parts is where it is at, with good aging properties. Well fastened. Spring steel best but heaviest, certain aluminum alloys, finally few specific plastics.
- akvadrako 8y agoGasket material is probably one of those components where you should have tight tolerances.