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Re: Bad Rubber Parts from Moss

To: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>, <british-cars@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Bad Rubber Parts from Moss
From: "J.E.A.Rich" <jear@rmi.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:14:07 -0600
I couldn't agree more! I recently purchased a TD M.G. rolling chassis but
with basically all the other parts in boxes. Every rubber piece except the
gaiters for the steering rack fell apert when I touched them. Absolute junk
from Taiwan via Moss.

Cheers, "Bob".

> From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
> Reply-To: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:20:22 -0700 (PDT)
> To: british-cars@autox.team.net
> Subject: Bad Rubber Parts from Moss
> 
> Last weekend I was shuffling parts around in the garage to make some
> working space and noticed that one of the rubber tie-rod end boots I had
> installed a few weeks back already has some serious cracks in it.
> 
> The April-May issue of British Car magazine contains an article by Paul
> Kile on rebuilding rack and pinion steering systems.  Since I had
> recently gone though this, it was interesting to read through the
> article and compare notes.  There were a few specifics in the article I
> disagreed with, but in general I thought it was pretty informative.
> One claim Kile made was that tie-rod end boot replacements were
> difficult to find, which seemed odd to me at the time, since I had had
> no problem finding a pair.  There they were, listed right in the Moss
> catalog.  On second thought though, maybe this was Kile's subtle way of
> telling us not to order this crap from Moss.
> 
> Roland
> 


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