[DeTomaso] Tie Rod Booties

[charles buthala]

Part numbers are nice but 35 year old ones are no good.  I tired to get the drawings of the gear from Germany with no luck.  I am sure they do not produce the bellows any longer.  Since there is no relative motion between the seal and the mating component it is more forgiving if the parts are close.

MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:   
In a message dated 3/13/07 11:01:18, charlesbuthala at yahoo.com writes:

<< If someone has the Inner tie rod diameter and Rack housing diameter I 
will see if there is a current production Bellows that will work. I work for a 
supplier that manufactures steering gears. >>

>>>Large end is 1.70 inches, small end is 0.470 inches, overall length of the 
boot is 4.75 inches.

But how about I just give you the TRW part number instead?

TRW number: 36020015.

These are an exact match for the originals. Not a 'pretty close' 
approximation, but the exact part.

Bill--another datapoint for the database....:>)

Mike

P.S. I find it fascinating that these boots are date-coded in exactly the 
same fashion as the Campy wheels--there is a 12-faceted circle with raised dots 
corresponding to month, and the last two digits of year production in the 
center. The boots I have is dated March '98 even though they were purchased less 
than a year ago, so presumably they made them in batches (BIG batches) and it 
takes awhile for inventory to wear down....



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