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Tie Rod boots - urethane

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steveg

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These urethane boots are available from Energy Suspension at $2.74 USD per package of 2. My order was $5.48 including free shipping.
https://www.suspension.com/bjb.htm
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Excellent Steve. Can you simulate 5 years of use and let us know how they hold up. Say sometime next week?
 
You do realize the purists are now having palpitations and reaching for AEDs right now !!!! :encouragement:
 
GregW said:
Excellent Steve. Can you simulate 5 years of use and let us know how they hold up. Say sometime next week?
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Well Greg, they are not new :

I recognized the PKG and went to the shop I have two or three kits of Their Sway Bar End link Bushings and the Tie rod boots .
I figured I would need spares but I have not replaced any of those parts since I saw you at a show years ago.

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Keoke said:
Well Greg, they are not new :

I recognized the PKG and went to the shop I have two or three kits of Their Sway Bar End link Bushings and the Tie rod boots .
I figured I would need spares but I have not replaced any of those parts since I saw you at a show years ago.

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Keoke - It's great to hear that you have some tie rod boots in your shop.
 
GregW said:
That may have been a decade ago. Time flies. Sounds like the parts last, which is good.
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I purchased the stock ones from one of the usual sources and they cracked with fewer than a couple of hundred miles. I purchased the stock ones again, from a supplier who said he was familiar with the problem and he guaranteed them to last. We'll see if they do.
 
Patrick67BJ8 said:
I purchased the stock ones from one of the usual sources and they cracked with fewer than a couple of hundred miles. I purchased the stock ones again, from a supplier who said he was familiar with the problem and he guaranteed them to last. We'll see if they do.
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Patrick - did they last a year?
 
GregW said:
That may have been a decade ago. Time flies. Sounds like the parts last, which is good.
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Hey Greg I have not had to replace them as of 12/26/2017-----:excitement:
 
Another source for Energy Suspension brand urethane boots and bump stops is Summit Racing. I have used their tie rod boots on a couple of my British cars over the years and they have held up quite well.
 
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