Tie rod boot

[Bees03]

Had a branch damage the tie rood boot on my 2024 Lx 2620. The boot is not available from Kubota(go figure), they want you to buy the whole tie rod. Anybody have this experience and where did you find a new one?
thanks

 

[Shawn T. W]

I haven't ordered from here, but booked marked the site, "just in case" ... https://www.suspension.com/universal-dust-boots.asp

 

[GeoHorn]

Freshly-grease the tie-rod generously…. Take an old inner-tube…. Cut a rectangle out of it…. Wrap it around the tie-rod several wraps…. Secure it at the ends with tie-wraps or with safety-wire.

I did this 7 years ago with mine. They’re still in great shape. If this description isn’t clear….. Say so and I’ll go out to the shop and take pics.

 

[JohnDB]

Same issue here... no such part number. I've ordered several from AliExpress. The problem there is the enshittification of that website... vendors descriptions are beyond meaningless, have to hunt for anything like useful dimensions, no longer easy to ask shops questions, quality feedback submerged so far as to be almost impossible to work out. I would have ordered from local (national) suspension supply shops at 4x the price but they didn't have the sizes or couldn't be bothered getting them in.

Product quality? Impossible to tell but actually stuff I've got from it has mostly been pretty good so far.

I'll post a bit more here when mine arrive.

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

I have had pretty good luck with the 2 piece split boots. Come in a lot of shapes and sizes.
I know not the right way to make the repair but sure cheap, easy and quick.
I used them once on a atv and they lasted forever. ATV was a fast mover / racing style sxs.
one recomendation is get the ones where the side slits slide into each other versus the cheaper ones that just butt up.

 

[SAR Tracker]

There's a YT channel called Farmcraft101. He needed a boot for a power steering cylinder on a Mahindra. To expensive, so he 3D printed one! Link Here Maybe it'll help.