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Steering assist cylinder
Posted by Greg on February 12, 2020 at 1:41 pmI have the steering assist cylinder out and taking it to be rebuilt but the rubber boots on the ball joints are rotten does anyone know if I can get new boots or will I need new ball joints?
Archived replied 6 years, 8 months ago 7 Members · 9 Replies -
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I did a search for “tie rod dust boots” at the Summit Racing (just as an example) web site and found quite a few choices. To pick the ones that will work will require a little measuring on your part. They might be too small, but maybe not. I’ve included a link below. Summit Racing would be just one of many sources.
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Yes the picture is a little deceiving they are a lot larger than what they appear. They are more the size of ball joints.
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Do you have a way to measure the the diameter of the base of the shaft and the outside diameter of of the base/housing? Those measurements would be needed to locate universal boots that are not application specific.
Just a possibility.
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Have you tried Prevost Parts? I would think that would be a quick easy way to get what you need.
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Yes have to buy the whole ball joint. They don’t sale just the boot.
Ive ordered new ones.
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Just finished redoing the A arms and replacing all the old deteriorated grease boots on my coach. Looked all over for those grease boots. No find. Prevost will sell the whole deal. Sometimes rod end. Sometimes the whole rod itself. But not the boots. Doubt they are even made any more since most of the time the boot is integral these days. There are plenty to be found at any truck alignment shop in their junk pile at no charge. I have 6 left over since I just went through and picked up a bunch. Glad to send you one.
Mike
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