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| | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 45 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 45 | Should the Radiator be mounted on any special isolators or can it be bolted down directly to the frame? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | YES you should use a rubber isolater,I used a chunk of 1/2" thick conveyor belt for spacers under my radiator support. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 321 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 321 | i am really cheap so what i did with my racecar is i split radiator hose (that i had kickin around in the shop) the long way and then cut sections you will need them to keep everything bouncing along in the radiator brackets. it seems to work really well on the dirt track we run on.
1951 Chevy 3800 1-TonHoward KnappIn the Stovebolt Gallery1948 Chevy 1-Ton (sold Nov 2017)1953 Chevy 1-Ton (sold 10/1/2016) | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | i used 3/16'' hard rubber (what i had in the shop laying around after buying all that scrap at capital rubber sacto, cal.) as the bottom radiator core pad (NOT RADIATOR FRAME SUPPORT) and both upper radiator core side attachments. http://www.capitalrubberco.com/i used E-6000 glue to hold the bottom rubber in situ. http://www.createforless.com/Eclect...amp;zmas=1&zmac=22&zmap=28407550
Last edited by carolines truck; 12/27/2008 1:23 AM.
Jim & Caroline
The highway is for gamblers, better use your good sense."
Gooday-that's my 1¢ answer due to the lousy economy ~ cause I ain't got - no . mo . doe
Every Shaver | Now Can Snore | Six More Minutes | Than Before ... | Half A Pound for Half a Dollar | Spread On Thin | Above the Collar || BURMA-SHAVE
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Jim:
What was it you did with the glue?
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | I think along with the pads you have some shims on AD models to raise the radiator bracket to help in getting the fenders/hood to fit up nicely. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | I used a 3/16'' rubber pad under the radiator core's new bottom 'U' shaped bracket which is welded to the radiator's main frame that the rad. sits down into. The glue holds the rubber in place so vibration does not move it. the upper supports are changed so that wouldn't apply to any bolters, just in my case. I'll take photos today so they'll be in my next batch of film to get developed. my radiator main frame sits directly on the truck frame right now w/ two 3/8'' carrage bolts holding the bottom, as in my photos. I'm still trying to get the hood to fit properely and hope i don't have to mess w/ the rad frame again. it's bad enough i have to pull the radiator again to fit my fenders under the two ears or tabs that hold the rad. frame to the fender supports. this can get/is timeconsuming. It's not appearant to me exactly where the radiator sits with-in it's frame, it could have been moved more forward and i would not have needed a pusher fan. The relationship of the rad. main frame DOES effect the fender supports and brackets of the hood. i guess if i pull the radiator to fit the fenders it's not that big a deal @ this point. 
Last edited by carolines truck; 12/27/2008 1:25 AM.
Jim & Caroline
The highway is for gamblers, better use your good sense."
Gooday-that's my 1¢ answer due to the lousy economy ~ cause I ain't got - no . mo . doe
Every Shaver | Now Can Snore | Six More Minutes | Than Before ... | Half A Pound for Half a Dollar | Spread On Thin | Above the Collar || BURMA-SHAVE
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 119 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 119 | I took a 2 1/2 or 3" hole saw in a drill on some sidewalls of old tires. Goes real quick. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | I get it now  morepower16 stated RADIATOR ......... radiator what????????? Not Radiator frame...  We're talking two different things here radiator frame pads ..................... and .................... raditor core pad the next link is for the radiator frame bottom pads that fit under the main rad. frame to truck chassis frame. http://www.classicparts.com/1950-54-Radiator-Support-Mounting-Pads/productinfo/78-622/and I took him at his word .......... radiator thinking core ................ not frame. so morepower16 do you mean radiator core or radiator frame ?????????????? 
Last edited by carolines truck; 12/27/2008 1:50 AM.
Jim & Caroline
The highway is for gamblers, better use your good sense."
Gooday-that's my 1¢ answer due to the lousy economy ~ cause I ain't got - no . mo . doe
Every Shaver | Now Can Snore | Six More Minutes | Than Before ... | Half A Pound for Half a Dollar | Spread On Thin | Above the Collar || BURMA-SHAVE
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | The pads in the Chevy Duty page listed as 47-49 pads are also for my 51 3/4 ton. There is a difference between 3100 and the 3600 at the radiator support. The correct terminology is radiator support.
As I read the assembly manual the only cushions appear to the be pad between the rad support and the crossmember.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | ok
but I added my own radiator pad
so now i know.
what was morepower16 thinking when HE asked this question ???
& we don't know what year truck he speaks of ??
Last edited by carolines truck; 12/28/2008 5:29 PM.
Jim & Caroline
The highway is for gamblers, better use your good sense."
Gooday-that's my 1¢ answer due to the lousy economy ~ cause I ain't got - no . mo . doe
Every Shaver | Now Can Snore | Six More Minutes | Than Before ... | Half A Pound for Half a Dollar | Spread On Thin | Above the Collar || BURMA-SHAVE
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 45 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 45 | Sorry so long to reply but I have a 54 that I'm putting a custom radiator in with a custom mount and just looking for info about the need to put a vibration dampner somewhere in the mounting of the radiator, whether it is to the custom mount or the chassis. If I use rigid mounts for the entire thing, what will happen? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Sorry so long to reply but I have a 54 that I'm putting a custom radiator in with a custom mount and just looking for info about the need to put a vibration dampener somewhere in the mounting of the radiator, whether it is to the custom mount or the chassis. If I use rigid mounts for the entire thing, what will happen? It's hard to say unless you've seen it before. The design engineers thought it best to cushion the support and I will follow that in fear of what might crack if I don't. We can give better/correct advice if we can see what you're doing. Got a camera? 
~Jim
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