teardrop puller Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) One more question guys, please I have checked steel rubber for the rubber stops that go on the bottom "A arms" with no luck. Does anyone know where I can order these thing? P18 4 door thanks again kai Edited October 16, 2009 by teardrop puller forgot model of car Quote
Norm's Coupe Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 I'm not sure you can buy new stops like that. You are correct, Steele Rubber don't stock or make the stops. But.........I believe they will rebuild your old ones for you. Quote
Jim Yergin Posted October 16, 2009 Report Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) I don't know about P18s but according to the parts book Chet has on his site (1936-1948) the lower control arm bumper used from 1939 to 1948 was part number 1124470. Both Collector's Auto Supply (http://www.collectorsautosupply.com/) and Valley Vintage Auto Supply (http://www.vvap.com/) indicate that they have that part. Do you have a part number for the P18? Is it the same? If not, you may want to check those two suppliers using the correct part number. Jim Yergin Edited October 16, 2009 by Jim Yergin Quote
47heaven Posted October 17, 2009 Report Posted October 17, 2009 Are those the ones that are kind of cone-shaped? Quote
Andydodge Posted October 17, 2009 Report Posted October 17, 2009 I got both upper and lower rebound rubber stops for my 1941 P11 from Andy Bernbaum about 18mths ago, the uppers have a steel piece that enables them to fit on the upper A arm stock pin and the lowers have a bolt to allow them to bolt onto the lower A arm.......trust this helps, andyd Quote
teardrop puller Posted October 17, 2009 Author Report Posted October 17, 2009 47heaven - Yes they are the cone shaped ones. Andydodge - From your description, I think they are the same. Jim Yergin - Thanks for the info. I will check into the sites you have suggested. I guess I can drive the car with it missing, with out any problem, while I look for the stops. One thing I really need to look out for is the topees (speed bumps) they have down here. Every Mexican town has more topees than you can imagine. People do not slow down on there own, there is no penalty for a ticket other than paying the thing or bribing the cop. Quote
Bingster Posted October 17, 2009 Report Posted October 17, 2009 I need them also for my '47 Desoto. I was wondering the wisdom of getting NOS rubber for this particular part. Bernbaum seems to be the only one who offers them new. Was it on this site a few weeks (months?) back that somebody told me that the Bernbaum version did not have the metal plate which the rubber was vulcanized onto but merely just a bolt inserted into the rubber? They advised you had to be careful not to tighten too much for fear the bolt would pull out. I just sent my upper bumpers to Steele for re-vulcanization. They don't offer the lowers, however they do have a Packard bumper I believe with the same dimensions. But it connected with a clip instead of a bolt. I was toying with the idea of seeing if a bolt could be drilled and inserted with epoxy or something into the Packard bumper. I guess Bernbaums would be okay, its just the quaily of the rubber I'm concerned about. But for that particular part maybe Bernbaums would work fine. Quote
Andydodge Posted October 17, 2009 Report Posted October 17, 2009 Bingster, that was me regarding the lack of the plate in the lower rebound rubber............the Bernbaum upper and lower pieces are brand new rubber, definately not NOS.....the lower piece without the plate but just a bolt was the piece that I was a little concerned about but its still there, just don't tighten the nut underneath to 100ftlbs...........lol...........andyd Quote
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