What happened to the hose washers that (I thought) you suggested and I used?
They needed a bit of shaping but finally fit.
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
wear.
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> And now for the tech tip on king pins.
> Last summer while assembling my blue sprite, Kevin and I went nuts
> trying to make a cork gasket for the bottom of the pins. I have a
> couple of king pin sets in various stages of missing parts. The gaskets
> all seem to be missing. So we fumbled with "O" rings, cut up stuff, and
> finally made one out of something in the garage.
> Well tonight I had the same problem, no cork gaskets. So I opened up a
> cabinet looking for "whatever" and out falls a piece of pipe insulation.
> I use this on the top bows so they don't rattle when in the stowed
> position. I looked at it, cut a few 1/8" pieces off and now I have
> gaskets for my king pins. Neopreme, it has to be better than cork.
> Perfect outside diameter and the correct size hole in the middle.
> These gaskets keep the road grit out, and the cork seems to go away real
> fast. I'll let you know how long pipe insulation lasts.
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