this is why use N.O.S. parts are so valuable to us...
-----Original Message-----
From: J.E.A.Rich [mailto:jear@rmi.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 3:14 PM
To: Roland Dudley; british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Bad Rubber Parts from Moss
I couldn't agree more! I recently purchased a TD M.G. rolling chassis but
with basically all the other parts in boxes. Every rubber piece except the
gaiters for the steering rack fell apert when I touched them. Absolute junk
from Taiwan via Moss.
Cheers, "Bob".
> From: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
> Reply-To: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:20:22 -0700 (PDT)
> To: british-cars@autox.team.net
> Subject: Bad Rubber Parts from Moss
>
> Last weekend I was shuffling parts around in the garage to make some
> working space and noticed that one of the rubber tie-rod end boots I had
> installed a few weeks back already has some serious cracks in it.
>
> The April-May issue of British Car magazine contains an article by Paul
> Kile on rebuilding rack and pinion steering systems. Since I had
> recently gone though this, it was interesting to read through the
> article and compare notes. There were a few specifics in the article I
> disagreed with, but in general I thought it was pretty informative.
> One claim Kile made was that tie-rod end boot replacements were
> difficult to find, which seemed odd to me at the time, since I had had
> no problem finding a pair. There they were, listed right in the Moss
> catalog. On second thought though, maybe this was Kile's subtle way of
> telling us not to order this crap from Moss.
>
> Roland
>
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