Rubber caps for body & frame tabs

[funkaholik]

I found a good source for both sizes of rubber caps to cover the metal tabs on the body and frame. The caps I used are from McMaster-Carr. Part numbers 85945K23 and 85945K46. These 2 bags are enough to do the whole frame and body with leftovers for a total of about $27. You get 50 of the thinner ones and 10 of the wider ones. Just measure and cut to length to fit each tab. The images on the site make it look like these two cap types have different shapes, but they look very similar in person. Warming them up with a hairdryer or dipping them in hot water makes them much more pliable and makes installation easier. On the wider ones, I also found that wiping the tab first with WD40 or some other lubricant really helps.

Here is the link to the Rectangular caps page at M-C:
https://www.mcmaster.com/vinyl-end-caps ... ular-caps/

Here are the two part numbers highlighted:


Hope this helps. Here are some pics of them installed:

[Habitat.pat]

Those look great! I used heat shrink tubing on mine but yours look a lot better.

Peace,
Pat

[S Allen]

Will add to the wiki if okay.

Steve

[iloveredmeat]

That's a great find!

[theunz]

Little details make a big difference, thanks for passing that along.

[cbez]

slick. I too got lazy and shrink wrapped mine.

[funkaholik]

Steve,

Feel free to add it to the wiki. Happy to share this find with everyone.

[S Allen]

Will do. Thanks.

S

[S Allen]

Added.

Body/Frame Rubber Caps

Thanks Eric.

Steve