Rubber Boot for Teleflex Tilt Helm Steering

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Rubber Boot for Teleflex Tilt Helm Steering

Postby Buoy » Tue May 23, 2023 5:33 pm

On a 2000 DAUNTLESS 16 the black, ribbed, rubber boot protecting the Teleflex tilt steering mechanism needs to be replaced. I called Dometic (who acquired SeaStar/Telefex) but they no longer manufacture the boot.

Give me ideas for repair or replacement.

I am looking for the black ribbed rubber boot, shown below.

steeringRubberBoot.jpg
Fig. 1. A black rubber boot associated with a steering wheel TILT helm made by Teleflex.
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Compare at:

https://www.amazon.com/Teleflex-SH91800 ... B001IUVYX8

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Re: Rubber Boot for Teleflex Tilt Helm Steering

Postby Phil T » Wed May 24, 2023 11:12 am

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Re: Rubber Boot for Teleflex Tilt Helm Steering

Postby Buoy » Wed May 24, 2023 4:02 pm

Yes that is it!

Phil, you are amazing.

How were you able to locate that "Bellows Tilt Helm Cover"?

Two of us were searching six hours for this part.

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Re: Rubber Boot for Teleflex Tilt Helm Steering

Postby Phil T » Wed May 24, 2023 4:15 pm

I googled tilt helm boot. Skimmed the results. One result is one of my favorite suppliers, Wholesale Marine. Did a search on their site for tilt steering and there it was.

While it only took me 30 seconds, I am constantly searching for Whaler parts on a weekly basis.
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Re: Rubber Boot for Teleflex Tilt Helm Steering

Postby Buoy » Wed May 24, 2023 5:33 pm

Well thanks again Phil as we sincerely appreciate your efforts (and results). I saved WholesaleMarine to my Favorities, thanks for that tip as well.

-Buoy

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Re: Rubber Boot for Teleflex Tilt Helm Steering

Postby jimh » Thu May 25, 2023 12:43 am

The search term “ teleflex tilt helm ribbed rubber boot” finds this component by just typing it into my browser destination window.

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Re: Rubber Boot for Teleflex Tilt Helm Steering

Postby Buoy » Thu May 25, 2023 9:41 am

I do not find the rubber boot when typing that search phrase, perhaps it is my browser.

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Re: Rubber Boot for Teleflex Tilt Helm Steering

Postby jimh » Thu May 25, 2023 4:47 pm

When I found that result I was using the SAFARI browser. Perhaps my browser history influenced the results of just typing that text string into the destination window.

Search string results can vary significantly depending on the exact terms used in the search argument.

Ultimately, to find a replacement part still available is a good outcome. And I guess the price is palatable, given how expensive everything has become in the last three years. I find that coaxial connectors I used to get for $2.50 are now $6.