Same reason as brass bushings. Slippery.

Posted by chriscase on Monday, October 30, 2006 at 1:22PM :

In Reply to: MU-2 and other Braden winches posted by scottr on Monday, October 30, 2006 at 1:13PM :

And ease of machining- cutters like slippery too.

Brass/bronze alloys can be as strong as steel too. The biggest downside is the high cost of copper.

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• Slick, got it - scottr 1:35PM 10/30/2006
  • Re: Slick, got it - Jerry in Idaho 8:25PM 10/30/2006
• Re: Same reason as brass bushings. Slippery. - Mark S. 1:24PM 10/30/2006
  • Re: Same reason as brass bushings. Slippery. - Jerry in Idaho 8:22PM 10/30/2006
  • Shear pin for that. nm - chriscase 1:27PM 10/30/2006

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