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| | | | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 98 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 98 | Does anyone know a place to find sheets or pieces of rubber - to make mounting parts or bushings? The rubber in my transmission support is shot, and I'd like to avoid the high cost of sending it in to be repaired. Thanks | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 206 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 206 | Would a hockey puck work?? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 469 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 469 | Dead earth mover tire makes a good doner. Easly cut with a helper and a saws all. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I don't know if these would be big enough but I bought a pair of coil spring helpers and used one to fashion a rubber mount for my rad support. I was able to cut it down with a hack saw. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 | U can buy it at most commercial jobbers. seems like auto zone would even have it. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,193 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 5,193 | | | | | | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 98 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 98 | Thanks for all the great suggestions. JoeH, I've never come across the mcmastercarr site - great website. I came across their foil-faced, flexible polyurethane. It's ordered in 54 inch widths and can be ordered with an adhesive backing. Seems like a good, cheap source of sound deadener for a cab's interior. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | Get some conveyor belt,
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Yup as Scott said ...a chunk of conveyor belt is worth its weight in gold at times! | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 595 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 595 | probably a place near you that repairs conveyor belts and has a dumpster full of old stuff that they will give you. a place that repairs solid forklift tires would have heavy duty rubber sheets. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,775 | | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,960 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,960 | Mud flaps work. I paid way too much money for body mounting pads for a 56 Ford and when they arrived, they had no fabric in them; so I made some out of mud flaps. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | I have an old firehose that I cut up. It is "layered" and with two pieces it comes out just right. I glued two pieces together for my panel mounts and they look nice. The hose has rubber and also a couple layers of what is probably woven polyester fabric that will never rot.
Just another possiblity. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 137 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 137 | Subframe bushing from a GM "F" body might work | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 230 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 230 | got any rough idea ,or size's,picture of what it looks like,i might have some thing that might work .
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | Poly-urethane from McMaster Carr. About a 80 or 90 durometer. you can also buy casting urethane from McMaster Carr in 88 durometer. It is a 2-part urethane. I have used it to re-cast rubber parts as well as make new parts. I have made bushings new again by removing all the rubber and re-casting with urethane. Urethane is impervious to almost every chemical
It would work great for building transmission mounts if you cast it right.
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 98 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 98 | I was able to get hold of some conveyor belt, and it worked well. That casting urethane sounds interseting - I'll have to check it out. Thanks for all the great input everyone. | | |
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