Uh Oh, he's at it again....
I was looking at this old car shock, pondering, thinking......that shaft is precision ground
hard chrome plated,
Not only that but with bearings and a ready made housing too...umm
I feel a plan forming here......
Slotted the plastic end cap cos I was too weedy to pull it off.....!
I then cut around the old tubing and this is what was inside
Here you can see I'm removing the end cap/bearing housing with a C Spanner
The end cap was just pushed on, not threaded, you can see the sintered bearing in the middle.
The other end of the shaft held the other bearing....
I can see a plan forming here, alas I need two identical shocks and I have 3 odd ones.
I understand these shafts are nice to turn on the lathe as well, so that should help.