it's possible you got some rubber from before they started using an ozone stabilizing formula, tho I can't imagine why the cats whiskers would deteriorate .... you could also have stored it poorly, a stable cool temp and dark is best, and left in the plastic bags .... rubber from Steele is excellent quality [better than OEM], they should have most of the 60-66 stuff, if that's what you have

the hornets nest is folks complaining about Chinese parts wink

Bill

Last edited by red58; 06/22/2009 1:33 AM.

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
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