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Re: Tie rod boots

To: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
Subject: Re: Tie rod boots
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:04:39 -0400
Was Skip's reply on the list?  It didn't get to my neck of the woods.

Bud Krueger

Bullwinkle wrote:

> Skip is right:
>
> I went out and carefully checked the TD and there is a rubber
> ring.  The rubber is not a seal or boot, but a ring used to
> supply pressure against the metal cups that act as grease seals.
> Both the shop manual and the factory parts book refer to these
> rubber pieces as a "pressure ring-for caps."  They do not enclose
> the metal cups which are always visible and that lead to my
> error.  I always remembered that the metal cups were visible
> whenever I greased the tie rod ends, and that's because the
> rubber doesn't enclose them.
>
> You probably could manufacture something similar to this from
> rubber hose.
>
> Blake

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