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Gasket for Ball & Trunnion Housing
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Todd
Posted 2022-11-16 2:10 PM (#625654)
Subject: Gasket for Ball & Trunnion Housing



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Hi folks.
When removing the drive shaft (to check the condition of the ball and rollers) the gasket was damaged. Is that a simple thin rubber gasket? I want to make one myself but I don't know what material. Thanks in advance for good advice.
--> I don't want to buy a complete kit, because the ball and rollers are still in excellent original condition.
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56D500boy
Posted 2022-11-16 5:27 PM (#625662 - in reply to #625654)
Subject: RE: Gasket for Ball & Trunnion Housing



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The gasket might have been thin rubber but more likely is was just a typical thin cardboard gasket material. (See typical re and re kit contents below). I would make one from a Felpro cardboard gasket material (typically blue and sold in a roll or in a package with other gasket materials) or EDPM rubber used in the roofing industry for flashings around roof vents.





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Todd
Posted 2022-11-17 10:11 AM (#625682 - in reply to #625654)
Subject: Re: Gasket for Ball & Trunnion Housing



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Hey, thanks a lot for the infos I will buy oil and grease resistant sealing paper. I chose 0,5 mm thickness. I measured the rest of the old gasket, 0.5mm fits.
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57chizler
Posted 2022-11-17 12:38 PM (#625689 - in reply to #625682)
Subject: Re: Gasket for Ball & Trunnion Housing



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Most LAS's will have the Fel Pro sheet gasket material P/N 3046. It's .031" thick.
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Todd
Posted 2022-11-18 1:49 PM (#625719 - in reply to #625654)
Subject: Re: Gasket for Ball & Trunnion Housing



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Okay. Hmmm....what about the "polished jute breather" ? What does the part look like? It's supposed to protect the boot from bursting. My boot has a small slit. That's why there was grease thrown out on the underbody above the boot. It says The front joint is equipped with a polished jute breather. I can't find any...!?!
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57chizler
Posted 2022-11-18 2:00 PM (#625721 - in reply to #625719)
Subject: Re: Gasket for Ball & Trunnion Housing



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The "breather" is just a short pieced of jute cord that allows air to pass in/out. It's placed between the housing and the boot and held in place by the clamp.
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