bigandy
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 10:20 PM |
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Perished rubber boots!
Evening folks,
I've just noticed that the rubber boots on my steering rack (escort I beleive) have started to crack and perish in the folded bits. I'm
guessing this is a bad thing, especially for SVA, so does anyone know any miracle cures, or is it new boots time?
Also what is the bst way to make them last a bit longer in the future? These were installed on the rack when I bought it around 2 years ago....
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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RazMan
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 10:33 PM |
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There's no easy way - you will have to change them 
Unusual to have them perish in two years - they normally last ten years or longer!
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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bigandy
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 10:36 PM |
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I did think it was a bit odd that they have gone so quickly. I suppose they could have been sat on a shelf somewhere for years before I bought them
though 
Any ideas where I might be able to get some replacements? Motor factors?
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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UncleFista
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| posted on 2/3/07 at 11:51 PM |
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Nine quid for a pair from Burton Power search for item number "TSG3".
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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miegru
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| posted on 3/3/07 at 09:25 AM |
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Ask for universal ones at any automotive suppliers. Should be cheap.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 3/3/07 at 09:45 AM |
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Univeral ones are made of better quality rubber as they are designed to be stretched over various sizes of rack, my original boots lasted 18 months
(perished before I finished!), the universals are still on 2 years after SVA pass, and untouched
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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bigandy
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| posted on 3/3/07 at 11:09 AM |
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That's exactly what has happened to mine. I am still halfway through building the car, and the rubber boots have started to perish before I
have finished the car.
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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RazMan
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| posted on 3/3/07 at 11:16 AM |
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Maybe a little silicone grease would make them last a bit longer.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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bigandy
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| posted on 3/3/07 at 11:34 AM |
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Perhaps. I think I am going to try some of these "universal" ones from a motorfactors, and see how they last. If I leave buying
them/installing them until the car is nearly on the road, it should help them last as long as possible!
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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