Rubber tip on the brake rod

-
Dana67Dart said:
Shipping a 1/4" x 1/4" piece of rubber in a plane white envelope doesn't ship for $0.55, it is now an irregular shaped parcel and can not run through the USPS mail system and when the envelope gets torn open (and it will) and the part is lost you have a dissatisfied customer and your reputation gets harmed.

I have bought parts from members here who did not properly protect the parts. The parts got damaged, in one case it was NOS and one was Unobtanium. I do not do business with those sellers any longer, PERIOD!
Click to expand...
Dana67Dart, it is true what you say. Last year I shipped a Viraga pill to a friend and she got the envelope, but it was torn open, and the pill was missing. That is about the same size of the rubber tip. I didn't think of a machine tearing the envelope, I thought someone thought it being a ring or something else valuable.
 
lakeshore mopar said:
We should all help each other out as much as we can being part of the MOPAR world. And not complain about some small cost like we have here. Heck a beer at a football game costs that much !
Click to expand...
Totally agree!

lakeshore mopar said:
Heck a beer at a football game costs that much !
Click to expand...
That is saying a mouth full right there! We (well not me, I don't like coffee) will spend 4-5 bucks on a coffee, EVERYDAY and then complain about shipping!
 
lakeshore mopar said:
I have been doing many years of car repairs , and it has sent me to our local dealership for parts, since I was doing the brake repair on one of my cars. I went to my local dealership to get that rubber part for the rod and found out they no longer have or can get it. So i found it on line and was shocked of shipping cost on such a small item. Well --- I then ordered three rubbers, same shipping cost.
I used one on my car , put one in my parts drawer and went to the dealrship with the third one giving it to one of the mechanics there that still works on old mopars in hopes that the next owner of a older mopar needing it would be able to get his car fixed and on the road again.
We should all help each other out as much as we can being part of the MOPAR world. And not complain about some small cost like we have here. Heck a beer at a football game costs that much !
Click to expand...
that's banking some good automotive karma right there!

well done and well said!
 
Oldmanmopar said:
Fuel line will get soft and the rod will come out eventually and you will not have brakes, To install that rod you must remove it from the pedal under the dash. Install it into the master cylinder and pop it in place with force. You will not be able to get it out easy and save that ring. So if you have a boot and plastic cover put it on the rod first, usually if the rod came out that easy it had hose on it instead of the proper material ring. .

View attachment 1716331154
Click to expand...


Oldmanmopar,
I am replacing the master cylinder in my project and that rubber bellows has disintegrated. Do you know where I can find a replacement, I haven't been able to find one so far! Thanks in advance!

Jim
 
gerahead said:
Oldmanmopar,
I am replacing the master cylinder in my project and that rubber bellows has disintegrated. Do you know where I can find a replacement, I haven't been able to find one so far! Thanks in advance!

Jim
Click to expand...
Maybe start with post #2..
 
dadsbee said:
Maybe start with post #2..
Click to expand...
i think he means the dust bellows at the back of a manual brake master.

like these:
Messages Image(2884781663).png
 
dadsbee said:
Thanks, missed the "bellows" part..
Click to expand...
It is called a boot. A bellows produces air a boot protects from debris. Its description is not determined by its appearance. I would call it a dust boot. Not a bellows to make air. But then that is me call it what you want

Search master cylinder boot . Or master cylinder bellows, See what pops up.
 
dadsbee said:
Maybe start with post #2..
Click to expand...

There's a thought, check with another parts supplier somebody mentions to see if they might have it. Novel concept! No, they don't show it on their website and I knew that before I posted the question.
 
Oldmanmopar said:
Fuel line will get soft and the rod will come out eventually and you will not have brakes, To install that rod you must remove it from the pedal under the dash. Install it into the master cylinder and pop it in place with force. You will not be able to get it out easy and save that ring. So if you have a boot and plastic cover put it on the rod first, usually if the rod came out that easy it had hose on it instead of the proper material ring. .

View attachment 1716331154
Click to expand...
so....where can you find replacement boots on the plastic plate like the ones shown? mine fell apart when I had to replace my master cylinder....EDIT duh, should have read all 3 pages....
 
Last edited:
michiganpat said:
so....where can you find replacement boots on the plastic plate like the ones shown? mine fell apart when I had to replace my master cylinder....EDIT duh, should have read all 3 pages....
Click to expand...

After I posted my message, I found the accordion-like dust boot at an outfit called Mega Parts USA. Not cheap at $33, but when you need one, you need one. L8r

Jim
 
gerahead said:
After I posted my message, I found the accordion-like dust boot at an outfit called Mega Parts USA. Not cheap at $33, but when you need one, you need one. L8r

Jim
Click to expand...
I posted one for $2.69 . I also posted the place where they have metal and plastic holders. If you were in Maple Grove Pa. I'd give you them. But your not.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
-

Back
Top