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siahjo2
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 Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 5:58 pm Post subject: Parking brake cable tube front seal? |
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Anyone know if there is a seal available for the front of the parking cable tubes to keep water out?
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richparker
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Don't think so, What year bus? I would grease the crap out of the cables before installing them. Maybe you could use a handlebar end from a bicycle or some other sort of plug and modify it to work.
Edit: not sure what I was thinking on my first post. The tube is way behind the skid plate. 
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siahjo2
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| Its a 79'. The tubes are wide open at the front to let water run in and get trapped at the rear where the rubber /wire guide is at the other end. |
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Vince Waldon
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I was never able to find a good supplier for OEM seals... and where I live any water in the parking brake tubes would be frozen solid half the year... so I made some out of rubber tubing and zip-ties. So far so good.
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211 721 365 A - very easy to find
I believe these go in backwards sometimes because they split when trying to put the over some cable tubing like a normal seal. They are used for the parking brake and clutch cable. Maybe Colin would know which direction they were originally.
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Wildthings
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| Check out your local motorcycle shop. There is bound to be something on a motorcycle or ATV that will work just fine. |
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