Need quality source for steering rag joint

[buick man]

Looking of any good proven leads to obtain a replacement rag joint on my 57 while I service the steering box.

 

Thanks in advance

[Beemon]

CARS has one offered. I used it and it works as intended, though upon closer inspection it was almost an exact match to this Dorman product you could get at the "HELP" station in any O'Reilly/Autozone...

[lancemb]

Yep, I used the CARS one on my 58 then found the generic one for less than half the price locally and it worked great on my 57 76C!

[buick man]

Thank you kindly guys.  I think NAPA has one but wanted to se if any real like-kind OEM quality rag sources are out there instead of the china stuff I have seen.

 

Here is a possible good candidate and comes with correct mounting plates :  http://www.dormanproducts.com/p-23846-31002.aspx?origin=keyword

Edited July 22, 2016 by buick man (see edit history)

[lancemb]

9 hours ago, buick man said:

Thank you kindly guys.  I think NAPA has one but wanted to se if any real like-kind OEM quality rag sources are out there instead of the china stuff I have seen.

 

Here is a possible good candidate and comes with correct mounting plates :  http://www.dormanproducts.com/p-23846-31002.aspx?origin=keyword

That is the same as the one referenced above except it comes with the extra plates.  The rubber part should be all you need anyway unless your car is very crusty.  On both of mine I was able to reuse everything besides the actual rubber rag joint. 

[buick man]

Oh, great point lancemb.  I sent my metal rag joint and other steering column attachment components out to be real silver cadmium plated to Van Nuys Plating, in Van Nuys, CA., along with a big batch of other silver cad components.  As for the rag joint, and after some research I went to this site http://www.borgeson.com/contact.html , as these guys have been around since before time and make everything right here in the USA as Dorman cannot say the same. Yes so I will be reusing my metal components and just using their rubber.  The guy at Borgeson told me it is just the same thing as a side wall out of a tire with all the same ply's and such and even commented on that's where the material comes from.  Gee, if I have a crap tire laying around next time and the right size Fostner bits,  just might make my own by using the old one as a pattern. 

Edited July 23, 2016 by buick man (see edit history)