Swing-away steering stops

[Yadkin]

I have to replace the rubber caps on the adjustment bolts for my swing away steering mechanism. I've looked all over for a source. Any help would be appreciated.

[jopizz]

I believe this is what you are looking for. They're probably not being reproduced. You might want to check with Bob's Bird House to see if they have any good used ones or know a source for something that you can use in it's place. With the dimensions given you can probably fabricate something that will work.

John

[YellowRose]

Swing-away steering stops

Or check with some of the companies in the Advertisements Forum that specialize in selling obsolete parts. Having the Ford part # should help them look on their system and tell you if they have them or not...

[Yadkin]

The part number is helpful, but the actual part name is typically more helpful. A google search using both found no results.

I searched the Advertiser's forum with the word "rubber", found three potential vendors but no luck at their web sites.

I've been using a polyurethane caulk for seam sealer. It sticks to anything, and hardens into a hard rubber. Maybe I can use that to cover the bolt heads. Maybe I can make a form out of a bottle cap, lined with wax paper, and just cast it directly onto the bolt head.

[YellowRose]

Swing-away steering stops

Hi Steve, have you tried any of these that are listed in the Advertisments Forum? I know that several of these only go by the Ford Part #. They will ask you for that part number and search their database by that number you provide them. If you have not tried them, you might do so.

Green Sales Co-Obsolete Ford, Lincoln, Mercury Parts

Obsolete & Classic Auto Parts

Rare Parts Company

NOS Only

NOS Parts

[Yadkin]

Ray, I tried the first three on that list with the part no. 3c726 and found no results. Google does not find specific companies for the last two.

[YellowRose]

Swing-away steering stops

Call these people on the phone, Steve.. As for the last two you mentioned not being able to google and find them. I gave you their contact phone numbers and websites in the Advertisements Forum. Look at that and give them a call tomorrow... Maybe you will get lucky and find those parts.

[Yadkin]

I don't have the parts here with me, but will have them tomorrow afternoon and will call them then. It seems to me that this should be a common part available from industrial suppliers. All sorts of sliding and moving mechanisms use adjustable stops.

[Yadkin]

I called a couple places today and as expected, nothing available. So I drilled two holes into a big candle with a Fostner bit and that's my form. I'll fill the holes with polyurethane and make a little jig to suspend the screws into the liquid as it cures.

Further inspection of my existing caps- they are different. One is flat on the top and the other thicker and rounded. The rounded one is chewed up badly (and was jammed up in the mechanism when I disassembled it) so I'm thinking it was replaced with the wrong size.

[Yadkin]

Well using the candle as a form was a huge failure. Thinking that the urethane would be too stiff, I used Goop Automotive sealant to make the part. After 24 hours it hadn't hardened at all, and started to dissolve the candle.

After thinking about this some more, I realized that glue is really a recent technology. Back when this car was made the only good permanent glue for rubber and metal parts was epoxy, and that is a pain in an assembly line. Today we have super glues and all sorts of acrylics. So I glued on some hard rubber washers that I found to cushion a nylon furniture foot.