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BDOG

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I looked on ebay, Eddie Marine and cannot find this rubber boot for my steering column. If you happen to know where I might find one , I would really appreciate it. It's on a 257 Carerra Party Effect.
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JBS on the boards makes those for Teleflex. Send him a pm.
 

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Has to be a record of some sort. --- 4 hours, 10 minutes. Problem solved....

Nice !!!!
 

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Do you still have these boots?

Those exact ones do not exist new anymore. So best option is getting lucky and finding a new old stock one somewhere.

My helm had some slop in it and ended up going to a new Uflex helm with no boot.
 

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Those exact ones do not exist new anymore. So best option is getting lucky and finding a new old stock one somewhere.

My helm had some slop in it and ended up going to a new Uflex helm with no boot.
You could not be more wrong.
 

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You could not be more wrong.

The boot you are displaying is not the same failed boot as what is pictured.

Does it work? Kinda but not really.

That particular helm is not made anymore.

I went through all of this with the same helm in question and the same boot you pictured.
 

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The boot you are displaying is not the same failed boot as what is pictured.

Does it work? Kinda but not really.

That particular helm is not made anymore.

I went through all of this with the same helm in question and the same boot you pictured.
I honestly have not looked at the original picture. I went by Outdrive 1 saying it was the same. The one I produce is almost unchanged over the past 30 years other than some minor engineering changes. Like OD1 said the original Teleflex tilt helm.
 

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I honestly have not looked at the original picture. I went by Outdrive 1 saying it was the same. The one I produce is almost unchanged over the past 30 years other than some minor engineering changes. Like OD1 said the original Teleflex tilt helm.

Like I said, I had the helm in the original picture with that boot that failed in the same way. It’s not an original Teleflex tilt helm.. it was some offshore replica that is no longer made. This is what Bob at Marine Industries West told me as the reason there are no parts for it.

I was going to make a bezel/spacer to make the exact boot you have fit, but then realized it was a waste of time to make a boot fit an obsolete helm that was wearing out anyway.
 

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Shoot me an address and I can send you one. I will throw in the Boot latch cover also.
do you make any other sorts of rubber boots? looking for a bulk supplier of rubber boots used on electrical fittings
 

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do you make any other sorts of rubber boots? looking for a bulk supplier of rubber boots used on electrical fittings
I make to the oem specifications. Depends on what you call bulk. The molds are expensive
 

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Apparently i dont post enough for private messages to be allowed. Do you have a company page?
This is not something I can sell you as I make them for the oem. I would be giving you one as a “buddy “. Let me see if I can pm you
 
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