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Looking to replace a number of these. Does anyone know where I can find them. My dealer was no help.

Call lodder marine in cinci. They just replaced several of mine.

Driller wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:30 pm Looking to replace a number of these. Does anyone know where I can find them. My dealer was no help.

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

Big Block Power wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:59 pm

Driller wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:30 pm Looking to replace a number of these. Does anyone know where I can find them. My dealer was no help.

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

Thanks for letting me know. I was just starting to think wth. Lol

Thanks for the help on locating and adjusting. You guys are the best. I'll call Monday as Lodder's is closed now.

ajcampen wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:15 pm Call lodder marine in cinci. They just replaced several of mine.

Thanks 3 out of 4 missing in the new boat.

Big Block Power wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:59 pm

Driller wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:30 pm Looking to replace a number of these. Does anyone know where I can find them. My dealer was no help.

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

If I understand correctly, you are saying with the lid closed, the rubber bumpers should be supporting the lid?

Driller wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:10 pm

Big Block Power wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:59 pm

Driller wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:30 pm Looking to replace a number of these. Does anyone know where I can find them. My dealer was no help.

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

If I understand correctly, you are saying with the lid closed, the rubber bumpers should be supporting the lid?

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.

That's what I figured. Thanks for the info

Driller wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:41 pm That's what I figured. Thanks for the info

It's just funny you just posted that and mine were missing. I wonder how many other boats are missing them.

Most of mine are missing or are going to be. The rubber has gotten brittle from the heat and starting to crack.

Driller wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2017 4:12 pm Most of mine are missing or are going to be. The rubber has gotten brittle from the heat and starting to crack.

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.

Driller wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2017 4:55 pm 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.

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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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

John