Engine Control Cable Boot Perishing

[jsharkey]

Anyone else noticed cracks and perishing of the rubber boots on the swivel at the end of the engine control cables?

Jim Sharkey
RV-6 Phase 1

 

[Mike S]

I believe Spruce sells replacements for them.

 

[dmeloche]

Mine are long gone, Thanks for the tip on AC spruce

 

[Mike S]

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/acsLarge.php

As usual, a bit of an adventure finding what Spruce calls them..............

 

[flyboy1963]

perish the thought!

...and might there be a better hi-temp version so that we don't have to do this again next year? ..not a 5 minute job to remove the clevis end, re/re, mark thread lengths, safety-wire etc.

 

[vfrazier]

Rub some black silicone RTV on them at the first sign of cracking (or before) and they'll last a lot longer.