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Where can i get moulds made to repro something?

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XXX-1.8T · 5 May 2010, 5:54 pm

i want to repro some rubber/plastic seals.

Does anyone know where i can get someone to make some moulds so i can repro these seals?

Any suggestions would be great.

vw54 · 5 May 2010, 6:25 pm

which ones ???

XXX-1.8T · 5 May 2010, 6:43 pm

They are off my albert mirrors but you cant buy the seals

Will Vintage · 5 May 2010, 9:01 pm

Clark rubber is your friend dude

greedy53 · 5 May 2010, 9:04 pm

the rubber under the mirror i use tap washers and there are a few coluurs

XXX-1.8T · 5 May 2010, 9:55 pm

so does clark sell something like this:

pod · 5 May 2010, 10:23 pm

you would have to find a rubber parts manufacturer ,then they will give you a tooling cost ,which can run in the thousands of dollars

cam070 · 6 May 2010, 12:36 am

pod wrote:you would have to find a rubber parts manufacturer ,then they will give you a tooling cost ,which can run in the thousands of dollars

Yep tooling up to produce seals like that will cost you a fortune. If you get a real price, make sure you are sitting down, or better still lying on the floor when they tell you.

squizy · 6 May 2010, 7:26 am

What about using a thin strip of rubber and just running it around to shape?

vw54 · 6 May 2010, 7:31 am

the tool to produce those will cost you more than its worth to buy 50 sets of new mirrors

snowman9 · 6 May 2010, 8:55 am

You could try:
Peter Jackson's Old Auto Rubber Co
4/4 Appin Place Dunheved (St Marys) NSW 2760
Phone (02) 9623 5333

greedy53 · 7 May 2010, 7:40 am

you all mite think i'm past it and well ovwr the top ,but i needed a gasket for an very old part that i wanted to use on my v rod,so i filled a straw with clear silacon worked a treat just a thought

annosL · 7 May 2010, 10:49 am

'O' ring kits are similar, lengths of varying thickness neoprene, you cut to lenth and join by super-glue

modulus · 7 May 2010, 10:54 am

greedy53 wrote:...,so i filled a straw with clear silacon ...

That's a great idea. You could even make a "straw" out of paper in different shapes e.g. triangular or rectangular.

hth

XXX-1.8T · 7 May 2010, 12:01 pm

greedy53 wrote:you all mite think i'm past it and well ovwr the top ,but i needed a gasket for an very old part that i wanted to use on my v rod,so i filled a straw with clear silacon worked a treat just a thought

you know what i think your on to something!

Ill suss it out.