another wild goose hunt for a little plastic bit

[Kneale Brownson]

I believe that in the basically unsearchable archives, there was some
mention of replacing those plastic bits with similar linkage joints used in
radio-controlled cars/planes or maybe slotcar stuff.  


At 04:03 PM 4/4/2006 -0600, DeWitt Harrison wrote:
>Has it come to the bailing wire and chewing gum phase
>of 5000 maintenance already? Where have all those years
>gone?
>
>Well, I'm not quite ready yet. I got a close look at that
>little plastic ball socket today and was able to make out
>the p/n as 443 837 171. It may be NLA but it's worth
>a shot.
>
>DeWitt Harrison
>'88 5kcstq
>
>On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:53:50 -0400
>      "Evan Parker" <Evan at nextgenrealty.com> wrote:
>
>> Go get a pack of guitar strings :)
>>
>> On Behalf Of Joshua van Tol
>> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 9:31 PM
>>
>> > When presented with this problem, I found that a small piece of
>> > springy wire, (piano wire might work) bent into the right shape could
>> > replace the little keeper cap. I did have to slightly enlarge the
>> > groove in the rod end to give the wire a place to sit all the way
>> > around. Works fine, and is almost free.
>