Cutting the rivets is an option that I may use, but the issue is that sandwiching flat rubber between the plates wouldn't deal with the horizontal positioning that having the space between the rivets/bolts filled with material would. It's possible that it could slip and make metal-to-metal contact.
Chuck, I will keep that in mind.
Phil, I agree that it should be in the same position as original, which wouldn't be that hard to do with pourable polyurethane.
I'm not sure if tire sidewall would be the right softness/hardness to cushion things properly. I think tires are around 70 Shore hardness, which might be too hard. No-one knows what the hardness of the original rubber is? That's probably lost to time. The rubber in my existing mount is pretty soft, but may have been affected by the oil soaking it.
Last edited by klhansen; 01/12/2021 1:48 AM.
