[Mgs] Where to get the GOOD steering rack boots?

Paul Root ptrmgb at gmail.com
Mon Sep 3 08:56:18 MDT 2007


Ok, you made me go look.

I got mine from Moss 5 years ago. They are still fine.

Could it be something you are doing while installing? Or is
the rack messed up?

Maybe the ones made more recently are cheap/defective.

On Sep 3, 2007, at 8:25 AM, Bob Donahue wrote:

> The better original steering rack boots (263-385) are no longer  
> available from
> Moss. I've had miserable experience with the cheaper (263-380).   
> Are good
> boots available any where?
>
> My B is a daily driver. I find the rubber parts are the least  
> reliable. (Why
> can't they make reproduction parts out of the same rubber material  
> that OEMs
> use?)
>
> Looking back in my maintenance records:
>
> 263-385 last about 3 years.
>
> 263-380 last about 6 months.
>
>
Paul Root
ptrmgb at gmail.com
77 MGB
99 OBS


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