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Need Rubber strut seal for Cessna 185

Tom3holer

Tom3holer

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Cape Cod
Hi,
I am in need of a lower LH rubber strut seal for my C-185F.
Cessna wants a ridiculous amount of money for a rubber gasket.

Thanks for any help,
Tom
 
Mike,
Thank you,

I am looking for a source of rubber gasket like material that I can make a seal like is original or find a used one.

Tom
 
Those rubber seals are missing as often as not. If you have your old ones you can overlay them in place with a careful application of good quality vinyl electrical tape and they'll look good and last for several years between applications. I always figured I could find a rubber molding at CRL or similar to fill in if I needed to but the tape has worked so well I haven't bothered.
 
mike mcs repair said:
might see if these guys are still open, their newer website is offline???

http://specialtyresin.homestead.com/castingresins.html

they are who i get my resins from... just make a wood mold or such...

good book

https://www.amazon.com/Cast-Small-Metal-Rubber-Parts/dp/0830604146
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their website is back up, must of been doing maintenance

http://specialtyresin.com

this would be the page you would want to pick from, (looks like they added many new types... order time for me...)

https://specialtyresin.com/product-category/flexible-casting-resins/
 
Don't really want to get into making a mold for a gasket.
I think I have found something that might work on Ebay a rubber car door seal whose dimensions seem to be about right. Ordered 2 feet and will report back.
 
Tom3holer said:
Hi,
I am in need of a lower LH rubber strut seal for my C-185F.
Cessna wants a ridiculous amount of money for a rubber gasket.

Thanks for any help,
Tom
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he asks questions here again, ignores the replies we take time to research for him, again.... I almost din't bother replying because of past experience... I won't bother next time...
 
mike mcs repair said:
their website is back up, must of been doing maintenance

http://specialtyresin.com

this would be the page you would want to pick from, (looks like they added many new types... order time for me...)

https://specialtyresin.com/product-category/flexible-casting-resins/
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Mike,
Check out Flex Seal, it might work in this type of application. https://www.flexsealproducts.com/ Use the liquid in a mold or just use the tape as Stewart suggests. I bought a gallon of it at Lowes for my basement. Their TV ads make it look like real nice stuff.
 
Pete,

Thanks for the suggestion I will look for it a Home Depot. Did spend some time on Amazon and Ebay and ordered several feet different rubber seal stuff. Mainly used in the automotive market but I am sure I read somewhere they were fully FAA authorized......

Stewart, the problem is I don't have the original gasket. You mentioned CLR, where is that?
 
Tom, if you find a gasket that works, post the solution so when people search the net for the same thing, it pops up. ( and it will save me from having to go mikes route when the 182 get to that point in the restoration)

-Jay
 
Mike,
I apologize, and do appreciate all you advice now and in the past. I just don't want to get into the process of trying to make a mold having no experience.
 
That doesn't surprise me Tom. I had to buy the bracket which holds the throttle and mixture controls to the engine when I threw out the turbo. It was a lot more than that AND whoever built it was looking at the drawing in a mirror. Fortunately I was able to alter it to work.
 
CRL is a storefront and auto glass parts supplier. Storefront glazing uses push-in rubber gaskets in all kinds of shapes. I figured I could find one to adapt to strut seals if and when I needed but electrical tape eliminated the need. Here's a link that shows some of the shapes. These are for bulk rolls. Find a local storefront or glazing contractor and see what they have laying around that might work, even if you have to trim part of it with a razor knife.

http://www.glazingrubberproducts.com/gaskets/
 
That business about making amold etc kinda makes me think of someone looking for an exhaust system and someone else listing a source of tubing and welding machines.
Not everyone has the savvy or the inclination to fabricate stuff that might just as easily just be purchased.
 
Not everyone has the savvy or the inclination to fabricate stuff that might just as easily just be purchased.
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Those are the people that have to pay the price or go without.:lol:
 
Another example of Mike's poured rubber solutions. How do you find a tapered gasket for the airbox to nose bowl? Make one. Mill a form, pour some rubber, install the custom part. Very cool.



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Way above the level of my skills and equipment, I suspect the same is true of many others here.
But if you're able, more power to you!
 
give a hungry man a fish, he will eat for a day... teach him to fish he will....

show him how a couple bottles of goop can be anything he needs......

sculptey? clay works well for molds too...
 
Mike,
Thanks for the suggestion and yes I have. They seem to cost around $350 for the lower pair which I will consider if the, yet to come, rubber strips don't work out.
 
Tom,
McFarlane seems to imply that the same part number cuff is applicable to both the 180 & 185. The 180 & 185 have different lift struts. The 185 strut has a wider chord. I doubt that the same part will fit both planes. The 185 did not have fairings as an option from Cessna.
 
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