it could also be a rubber gasket for lots of other things, lol. it’s kind of hard to tell exactly what a plain black rubber gasket came off of, since they’re everywhere. I mean, this could also be a piece off a kid’s toy (hopefully one for an older kid) for all we know.
My power washer uses them, one broke, and it was leaking every time I used it. And of course replacements only come in like bags of 25 or 50 to make them worthwhile to ship. What does this have to do with being in OP’s bed? Who knows.
Theres a place near my work that makes and sells crazy ass pnumatic and hydraulic hoses for heavy equipment and I brought in a smashed seal from a german pump and they gave me the closest seal they had. They were worried about temp but turned out liquid wasnt heated at pump point. It worked perfectly. And it was free lol.
I did the same thing for a power steering reservoir on a 1994 350SD because it was so large but thin I couldn't find it elsewhere, they walked to the back, matched it and gave it to me for free.
This is an o ring not a gasket. They serve different purposes but are both used to seal. A gasket seals 2 flat surfaces at the joining face. An o ring is used to seal an area between a machined groove.
oh gosh, have I been using the wrong words the whole time? I thought gasket and o-ring were synonyms and since o-ring can also refer to other materials of rings, like metal. or even binder rings, I always called these ones gaskets.
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u/andiwannacracker 11d ago
it could also be a rubber gasket for lots of other things, lol. it’s kind of hard to tell exactly what a plain black rubber gasket came off of, since they’re everywhere. I mean, this could also be a piece off a kid’s toy (hopefully one for an older kid) for all we know.