Original Diana 35 - elastomer piston seal ? Better?

[Drew451]

Aye, the Vulcan had PTFE in conjunction with a buffer washer. I had one. Seemed to work well enough.
If your PTFE'd Diana's have been working well for you since 1986 and the seals have not been hammered out of shape and worrying the cylinders then I can respect your point of view on the subject. It's not as if your trying to convert the masses.
I will stick with original (pardon the pun again) leather, myself. Works very well for me.

[jonnyone]

Aye, the Vulcan had PTFE in conjunction with a buffer washer. I had one. Seemed to work well enough.
If your PTFE'd Diana's have been working well for you since 1986 and the seals have not been hammered out of shape and worrying the cylinders then I can respect your point of view on the subject. It's not as if your trying to convert the masses.
I will stick with original (pardon the pun again) leather, myself. Works very well for me.

They seem to work well enough Drew.
The local squirrels are not fussed on them though.
Deffo not trying to convert the masses mate. Just giving honest feedback of my experiences, good, bad, or indifferent.
Certainly want to try the now available converters to go the OEM route or even another material that performs equal or better from here on though. I'm sure that some of these old classics can be improved by them but obviously with springers you can't always take that as read!!