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Midwestern Control Dogbones

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I had one of my dogbones snap last week and was on the phone with Midwestern Control to purchase the pieces to make a pair of dogbones. Karen, the rep there, said they are discontinuing the DMCBH-5 ball joint housing used in the wiki. Once their current stock is exhausted they will not be making any more.

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Thanks for the heads up. I will have to update since it will no longer be a viable option.

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Is this M5- 0.8 or M5 -.08 for the threaded rod size?
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Believe it's 0.8 linda
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OK, then Tech Wiki is wrong, it says M5-.08
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Fixed.

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I just tried buying Qty 5 of these for $13.00, and the cheapest shipping option is $20.80 for UPS Ground :evil: :roll:

Yeah, no thanks.
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Too bad they can't use flat rate USPS.
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I needed specific shear pins for my old snow blower. The company wanted well over $10 to ship four pins. I sent an email asking about it and they dropped the shipping cost to a more realistic amount. It never hurts to ask.
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