where to find rubber boot for door locks?

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Topic: where to find rubber boot for door locks?

Posted By: 1982chevyc10
Subject: where to find rubber boot for door locks?
Date Posted: December 01, 2008 at 12:37 PM

I need a new rubber boot for one of my solenoids for my door poppers. The old boot tore and now every time it pops the door then releases the plunger, it pops out of the solenoid housing. Where can I find a new rubber boot?

The label on the solenoid says: Amenity Sil-40

Any IDeas?

Thanks

Craig

Replies:

Posted By: 1982chevyc10
Date Posted: December 01, 2008 at 1:00 PM

I found out that it is from SPAL USA. I found there website and sent a request to their support email in hopes of finding a replacement boot. I will let you know what happens. In the mean time if someone knows please don't hesitate t opost.

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: December 01, 2008 at 6:14 PM

I don't think that the boot is supposed to keep the plunger in place. You may need to reposition the solenoid to a position where when the door is locked or unlocked, the plunger is not moving enough to come out of the actuator.

Posted By: 1982chevyc10
Date Posted: December 09, 2008 at 5:17 PM

The current congifuration seems to be the only one that will allow the door handle to be pulled completely open.

At any rate, I ended up shooting an email to SPAL's customer service through their website, and asked where I could buy a boot. They emailed me back the next day and asked for my mailing address. They shipped two boots out right away at no charge! That's pretty dam cool. I'll put them in tonight and see if it fixes the problem.

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Posted By: 1982chevyc10
Date Posted: December 19, 2008 at 6:01 PM

As it turns out the boots fixed the problem. That rubber boot is in fact what keeps the rod from coming out of the solenoid body. after some research I found this a a common problem for the SPAL solenoids, these boots crack and split all the time. I have aslo found that there are much better built solenoids available by other companies. If these go ever fail completely I will definetly find something different.

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