Has anyone else had problems with reproduction rubber parts? Over the last several years I have seen a real drop-off in quality of certain rubber parts, such as tie rod/ball joint boots, plus other thin rubber seals. My most recent experience was on a gas tank filler neck seal on the 71 C-10 I restored. I installed the new seal three months ago and just as I was about to sell this truck to my wife's uncle, I noticed that it was all weather cracked and looked as bad or worse than the old one I took off! :mad: The truck has been in my shop the whole time and only seen the light of day on a couple of test drive occasions! I bought and installed another new one, but fear it will deteriorate rapidly, in the Florida sun (where this truck went)!
I buy most of my truck parts from Chevy Duty. Has anyone else had similar problems with their parts? Is there a better source? I fairness, they are not the only vendor I've gotten poor quality rubber parts from! Any solutions? :mad: & :confused:
