They can be rebuilt but it takes specialized equipment. You have to know the proper spring rate of the elastomer, press and tooling to install the elastomer, and a balancer to correct balance. Typically, you can never get the timing marks realigned because there put on after the damper is manufactured. 65'
I had that thought in the back of my head about the timing. I believe he told me the balancer was around $650 new so that is what prompted the possibility of the rebuild.
