Rubber for rack and seat mounting

[tcblf]

I have acquired a rear parcel rack and also a pillion seat that mounts to the rack. The rack nor the seat came with any rubber to place between the fender and the rack nor rubber for between the rack and the seat. My question is what type of rubber or would any type of rubber do?

[schrader7032]

When I got a rack from Vech, it came with more of a thin gasket material, not cork or flet, probably some kind of rubber. I suppose most anything of a thin variety would work, provided it won't break down due to weather. Since you're going to be clamping them together, there shouldn't be any rubbing or relative movement.

Maybe check with Vech?? Either buy from him or see what he might suggest.

A suggestion when mounting the rack to the fender. The holes didn't all line up, so I took a rattailed file to the rack to oversize the holes as needed. I figured I'd rather sacrifice the rack than to damage to the fender.

[Bruce Frey]

That is what old pneumatic tubes are for!

Bruce

[tcblf]

Perfect. Thanks for the input.

[Darryl.Richman]

That you can cut up the plastic from a milk jug for these kinds of uses, but I've never done it myself.

[Bruce Frey]

I've never tried the poly-whatever-it-is milk jug plastic as a separator, but it works great for protecting your rim from tire tool marks when removing tires.

Bruce