Anyone have an extra rudder pushrod rubber boot/bellows for a PB catamaran?

[bob_t]

I need a new rubber boot (bellows) for my MG29. They are on backorder at Pro Boat with at target stock date of mid Novemeber. They use the same rubber boot on all of the cats (Proboat part number 2073) and it looks to be the same as used on the Impulse 31, too. I was installing a new offset rudder (from a new Proboat BJ29) and noticed that there was a small rip in the rubber boot/bellows. Please let me know if you have an extra that I could purchase.

As a side note, for anyone making this rudder change, even though the rudder pushrod is the same part number for both the MG29 and the new BJ29, they are not the same part !! The BJ29 pushrod is ~ 1" shorter.

Thanks,
Bob

[kevinpratt823]

I need a new rubber boot (bellows) for my MG29. They are on backorder at Pro Boat with at target stock date of mid Novemeber. They use the same rubber boot on all of the cats (Proboat part number 2073) and it looks to be the same as used on the Impulse 31, too. I was installing a new offset rudder (from a new Proboat BJ29) and noticed that there was a small rip in the rubber boot/bellows. Please let me know if you have an extra that I could purchase.

As a side note, for anyone making this rudder change, even though the rudder pushrod is the same part number for both the MG29 and the new BJ29, they are not the same part !! The BJ29 pushrod is ~ 1" shorter.



Thanks,
Bob

My buddy has the same problem, I'm ordering him a pair of these, looks like the same, should work fine.
http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...prod=ose-80452

[bob_t]

The flange face looks different. On the PB bellows, it appears to have a single wider flange face, or lip, that gets glued to the boat, per PB tech support (what glue, is the next question) instead of the "groove" like the ones in the ose link. Please let me know if the ose boots work and I'll order some. Thanks for the reply!
Bob

[bob_t]

Found some of the Proboat rubber boots at a shop in Florida. They had one package of them left. $9.00 shipping on a $3.00 item!

[CHIEFY_44]

I use the ones from aquacraft not sure of part number but they are the longer ones I believe off the ul-1 I just used a short length of tube which I jb welded in place after I put it through the transom, then I just zip tie boot to the tube. Makes it easier to change the boot when it splits.

[Jason4636]

I hate to post anything not from OSE. But I got these at Kintec. Just epoxyed the little cup inside the hole. And the rubber boot slide on. Fits good.
About 3/4 the way down the page.

http://kintecracing.com/Linkage_O3KP.html

AquaCraft Radio Box Seal Boot
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