Collective minds...

[HeavyMetal]

I have brainstormed by my lonesome and have a few OK ideas to tackle this..but nothing that really grabs me as stellar.

Can anyone think of any creative ways to "seal" the holes in my floor that the shocks/hoops pass through from the outside? I was originally going to use a shift boot ziptied to the shock body and attached to the floor, but over the summer had a repair of the hoop system in the field that created a larger hole (basically from one hoop leg to the other). A rectangle hole.

Whatever it is has to be water proof/resistant obviously..not totally rigid (metal) as the shock bodies have movement in them by the nature of their operation.

patching sheet metal in to make the the holes smaller is an option, but a distant one.

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

Rubber sheet, sealed on the edges and around the shock body?

[HeavyMetal]

Rubber sheet, sealed on the edges and around the shock body?

that is one of the very few ideas I have, haha

fearing I may have to run with it, and try my best to not make it look ghetto

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

Pool noodle?

edit: saw the edit on the "non-ghetto".

Some form of water-resistant (and possibly Scotch-Guard-treatable) fabric like Ripstop?

[Buffalo Phil]

I would try a piece of 1/4" reinforced rubber sheet with 3 holes in it and 3 slits leading to each hole. Use the slits to go around the shock and 2 tubes, reseal slits and around tube with with epoxy.

It can be removed if necessary. Problem is getting the material. I had some of the reinforced rubber and used them for Vice Jaws back at school, but haven't seen any since.

EDIT: Damn, Hux beat me to it.

[HeavyMetal]

wish i had been able to keep the smaller holes so i could do something like this

kid i knows jeep, pretty trick idea

[Buffalo Phil]

Damn. If only life were perfect...

[Pete]

We have made custom shifted boots at my shop, if you could find material, like soft top material I bet something can me made to seal the hole and allow it to move and also be removable. Couple of triangles of material at the correct angles, sew them inside out and when you flip them over you have a nice clean seam.

[HeavyMetal]

We have made custom shifted boots at my shop, if you could find material, like soft top material I bet something can me made to seal the hole and allow it to move and also be removable. Couple of triangles of material at the correct angles, sew them inside out and when you flip them over you have a nice clean seam.

interesting idea. for some reason i never thought of this

[Mike]

saran wrap

[HeavyMetal]

thanks mike

[Buffalo Phil]

Is Saran Wrap what the Airforce uses on the F22?

[murdered out manche]

step 1. acquire close woman friends attention
step 2. drive to fabric store
step 3. pick out bitchin material of choice
step 4. put woman folk in front of sewing machine and request that custom shock boot be created out of said bitchin material
step 5. profit




disclaimer: this was not intended to be sexist. more so comical

[HeavyMetal]

step 1. acquire close woman friends attention
step 2. drive to fabric store
step 3. pick out bitchin material of choice
step 4. put woman folk in front of sewing machine and request that custom shock boot be created out of said bitchin material
step 5. profit




disclaimer: this was not intended to be sexist. more so comical

may be on to something here.

[Mike]

thanks mike

no prpblem

Is Saran Wrap what the Airforce uses on the F22?

nah