Rubber Spacers / Bumper
Rubber Spacers / Bumper
Looking to replace a number of these. Does anyone know where I can find them. My dealer was no help.
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Re: Rubber Spacers / Bumper
Call lodder marine in cinci. They just replaced several of mine.
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If you crawl in your engine compartment and close the lid you will also see that none of them touch the lid. Everyone should do that and adjust them. I haven't had a boat yet that they were adjusted correctly. Bfun yours is good.lol
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Thanks for letting me know. I was just starting to think wth. LolBig Block Power wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:59 pmIf you crawl in your engine compartment and close the lid you will also see that none of them touch the lid. Everyone should do that and adjust them. I haven't had a boat yet that they were adjusted correctly. Bfun yours is good.lol
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Re: Rubber Spacers / Bumper
Thanks for the help on locating and adjusting. You guys are the best. I'll call Monday as Lodder's is closed now.
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Thanks 3 out of 4 missing in the new boat.
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If I understand correctly, you are saying with the lid closed, the rubber bumpers should be supporting the lid?Big Block Power wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:59 pmIf you crawl in your engine compartment and close the lid you will also see that none of them touch the lid. Everyone should do that and adjust them. I haven't had a boat yet that they were adjusted correctly. Bfun yours is good.lol
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Yes should just touch it. Otherwise when people are on it, it flexes allot No support. Why else put them on there ? I don't knew why the factory Durant adjust them. It's like hood bumpers on a car. Also the rubber seal that goes around the compartment didn't touch much anywhere around it.Driller wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:10 pmIf I understand correctly, you are saying with the lid closed, the rubber bumpers should be supporting the lid?Big Block Power wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:59 pmIf you crawl in your engine compartment and close the lid you will also see that none of them touch the lid. Everyone should do that and adjust them. I haven't had a boat yet that they were adjusted correctly. Bfun yours is good.lol
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That's what I figured. Thanks for the info
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It's just funny you just posted that and mine were missing. I wonder how many other boats are missing them.
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Most of mine are missing or are going to be. The rubber has gotten brittle from the heat and starting to crack.
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That bumper design and placement does not impress me for a number of reasons.
Again, I swear there is ONE design engineer at Cobalt who nobody wants to call out for his occasional dumb designs and yet these pieces continue to make it into production. Waste basket anyone?
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Yeah, I looked at some of the car bumpers and they are soild molded into the bolt instead of a slip-on cap which can crack and fall off.
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Re: Rubber Spacers / Bumper
Roger that.
Yes, the closest thing I saw was the bumper stop on one of my doors. Maybe they make them in larger sizes?
Lowes always has a good aisle with drawers of these kinds of things. So does tractor supply.
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Re: Rubber Spacers / Bumper
My go-to for odd hardware like this has usually been McMaster-Carr. Often, I can find something that works better than what I'm trying to fix. A quick search found:
https://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-rubb ... s/=191f95b
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