Bonded part and method for producing same

A rubber-to-metal bonded article selected from a torsional vibration damper, a rubber-viscous vibration isolation damper, a vibration isolator, a vibration isolation mount, a vibration damper, and a coupling, comprising at least a first metal member, a second metal member and a cured rubber member press fit between and bonded to said first metal member and said second metal member, and wherein:

• a. said rubber member is the reaction product of at least one elastomer, at least one rubber-to-metal adhesive adjuvant and at least one curative;
• b. said rubber member resides in a state of compression of from about one percent (1%) to sixty percent (60%) at a temperature in the range of from about −20° C. to about 120° C. in the absence of an external compressive force on the article;
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• c. said bonding of said rubber member to at least one of said metal members is achieved in the substantial absence of an adhesive layer between said rubber member and said at least one metal member.