M380 Slide Seal Development, by DRI

[porscheman7]

Originally Posted by davidmbrady

Folk,

Thanks to Bruce Robbins and Doc&Linda for getting me a sample of the M380 slide seal and retainer. If there's interest, I'd like to get DRI going on a die and extrusion for a replacement seal. I'm going to send Roger Anderson at DRI a sample of the seal to get his take on reproducing it. I'd also like to work with the M380 membership to see if there are any improvements that need to be made to the seal. In the meantime we know that there will be a setup charge in the neighborhood of $1500 for the tooling. I'd like to get a preliminary show of hands of who may be interested in contributing to the setup charge. Thanks!

I am in too! Looking forward to more info on helping to move the development forward

[Joe Crocker]

David,

I'm still in for $150. Chuck asked how the seal is held in place. The replacement seals come assembled with a strip of two-sided tape along the outside of the retainer. Johnny Anderson uses sickaflex on the corners.
In my experience, I've patched two slides with superglue and bicycle inner tube patches. Both in the same spot, almost directly in the center bottom over the inflation tube. By the way, the inflation tube and its hardware all must be stainless steel. I believe the biggest fault with the oem seal is the material It's made of. Even if it costs more, a better material, not thicker walls, would solve most problems. Thicker walls would require higher air pressure. My seals did not fail from wear, but from deteriorating material.

[sizzbiz]

We're in as well.
Jim McGinnis
M380 Scottsdale, AZ

[Scott White]

Count me in.

Scott White
Castlewood, VA

[NoGas]

Status anyone? Long time between prior post and yours Scott. Did you get the 04 that was at Roanoke CW?

[Turbokitty]

Originally Posted by NoGas

Status anyone? Long time between prior post and yours Scott. Did you get the 04 that was at Roanoke CW?

I have 800 plus feet of the seal retainer which does not come with the DRI seal. $1.00/foot, 100 feet needed... PM me if needed

Originally Posted by Turbokitty

Sorry I miss typed peoples. The retainer I have is for the HWH LXi seal not the 380 seal

[hooverg]

I think I read the whole thread. Is there an address to send the money, or are we at that point yet?

[Doc&Linda]

David Brady was working on this. Haven't heard anything lately. We really do need to be working on both front and rear seals for the M380's. Is yours bad?

[Randy Dupree]

just call DRI.they can help you.

[Turbokitty]

Fixed