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Shock absorbers are dangerous goods!? Posted by AdamB [Email] (#3) [Profile/Gallery] (more from AdamB) on Fri, 18 May 2012 09:27:20 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I recently purchased a set of Bilstein B4 shocks for my 9000 and had them sent from the UK to Denmark (air freight). No problem with that, except they unfortunately had sent the wrong front shocks.
So I returned them on may 8th, using the same postal company that delivered them to me. Now today (after sitting in the airport for 10 days) the package was returned to me with a sticker saying it couldn't be air-mailed because gas shock absorbers are considered dangerous goods!
I have a hard time seeing that the slightly lower pressure in an airplane - even if the cargo compartment is unpressurized - could have any influence on the structure of something as solid as a shock absorber. Even if exposed to complete vacuum I don't see it exploding.
Can someone explain to me how an ordinary shock absorber can be considered dangerous to fly? And why wasn't it a problem transporting it by airmail to me in the first place?!
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