Sugar, sieve brain kicked in. Just scraped and softwashed half my roof and when I came back in and got changed I noticed the Vernier callipers that I had out to remind me!!! Opps, I will measure them tomorrow, sorry.
Thanks for this, I am guessing that may be it could 2.50mm thickness, I am going to phone a company tomorrow that make O rings and see which rubber they recommend they can make them to order but I doubt I'll fulfil the minimum requirement
Could you send them one that does fit so they can measure as I wouldn't like you to risk ££ on my measurements.
In case previously you missed the fact that I'm a greedy Northerner I'll not waste a penny I'll give them the measurements you've taken and have a chat with them, as @spruce has said before at times things can be a hairs breath off so I'd assume sometimes things are round up a little a hairs breath off should be fine I want to ensure that I get the best composition fit for purpose.
Thanks mate, I have a few of the generic spares just wanting to source the best ones fit for the job without having my eyes taken out, I figured if I can find a decent supplier for o rings it would not just benefit myself but other lads on here because £20 for 5 O rings from Waterworks is just daylight robbery
Bloody hell mate @kevinc250 is a Yorkshire man doubt it's possible to be tighter than him ?
It didn't leak today so I thought sod it I ain't parting with any money
After all this palaver I find a packet in the glove box of the van yesterday with 15 of them in it was the one place I didn't look before as I didn't think they'd be in there
Scroll back through this thread I found a company that makes them using different materials.
Yeah of course. No one knows of such a supplier though.
Ahh I see, I found 14 mm x 3 mm O-Ring | MayDay Seals Material Nitrile 70 maybe phone them on Monday and have a chat with someone about the best ones for your needs as they have 4 different compositions of rubber
Just emailed them. Thanks mate. How do you find these things, I search forever and couldn't find a thing.
Keep us updated mate
A quick Google tells me that Nitrile is the cheap option, most commonly used. EPDM is a stronger solution and silicon is used for applications with fuel. Based on these three alone I would think EPDM the best option. The Viton stuff however looks to be better at higher temperatures so may be the one I need. The only issue with this website is the postage is £10. Im gonna need to spend £50 and order 26 of them to make it worth my while. Still cheaper than the replacement part that was suggested to me by the supplier.
www.polymax.co.uk
