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Unread 09-02-2006, 11:47
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Re: Denso window motor, getting spares

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Originally Posted by caffel
Thanks to both of you.
Hi-Lex seems to add some interesting attachments for this motor (or at least some of their products), that is to say, an innovative way to achieve linear motion using cables.

Charlie
Yeah, one of Hi-Lex's claims to fame is a spiral wound push/pull cable that is very useful in sunroof application.


It would be great to get some of that stuff in a future FIRST kit. I have knocked on a couple doors there, but nobody has let me in yet. I was close to getting a similar product from a competitor sunroof mfg (Inalfa), but struck out in the end there too.

If anyone within the sound of my voice has contacts or leads at Hi-Lex or Inalfa or anywhere, feel free to ship me a PM with the data -- I'll try for another shot sometime this summer. OR you could invite them to a local regional and pitch the idea of kit donations yourself.

Much of the cooler stuff in the kit started from a single cold call contact: CIM motors, Globe motor/gearboxes, Allegro sensors, The Gyros, Bosch motors, Mabuchi motors, Fisher Price motor/gearboxes, etc.

Think about it.

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