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heimlich 
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 Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 3:26 pm Post subject: Drag Link |
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I found a bunch of drag links. The plastic boots around the end are all brittle. It looked like it may have been hard plastic at one time. They are in a box and protected. Are these any good without the boots? How do you all protect the end section of yours?
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raygreenwood
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: Drag Link |
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| I found a bunch of drag links. The plastic boots around the end are all brittle. It looked like it may have been hard plastic at one time. They are in a box and protected. Are these any good without the boots? How do you all protect the end section of yours? |
The original seal was not much of a seal. It ranged from a urethane to a TPE which is a hybrid polymer similar to silicone without the silicone properties. I have seen two different designs. Very early ones were the thicker one I mention below.
But how it worked was simple. It's really just a rubber-like washer that fits semi-tight on the shaft, rolled over the outer edge of the joint slightly (not really and important feature) and was just slightly thicker than it needed to be (early model). When you cinch up the nut it squeezes the rubber washer lightly expanding it inward to seal around the pin and against the face of the pitman arm and idler arm.
I make new ones out of simple disc's of Buna or Neoprene with hole saws. Work great.
Pm me and I may be able to help. Ray |
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