Solid or absorber mounts

[woodman]

I have always questioned how you should mount a radiator. I have seen some mounted with solid mounts to the frame. I have always at the very least bolted them between nylon or rubber washers. I recently went to the Army Surplus store in our area, it is huge. I can browse there for hours. Anyway I found the coolest hard rubber biscuits. This gave me an idea for absorber mounts for mounting my radiator.

 

[Bonehead]

I like having that little bit of give for a rad. mount. I have seen the tabs break off of them and that is no good. Those look pretty good to me.

 

[Tripper]

I use small strips of rubber between the rad & frame & then slide a short section of bicycle inner tube over the tabs. Like Bonehead said... it gives a lil cushion for your tabs.

BoB

 

[CR55]

You definitely need some cushioning or else things tend to crack and break!...cr

 

[King Herald]

That certainly looks well mounted.

I have mine sat in a steel channel, which will have 1/4" rubber sheet in for the rad to sit on, and there are a couple of grommets on each side to hold it to the side stays. So, not rubber mounted per se, but it allows flex.

If you mount it solid and your chassis twists a little bit you can tear the rad apart, which is why the originals had that spring thing to hold them down but allow a little movement.

 

[dmw56]

All my cars except the Chevelle have solid mounted radiators and I've never had a problem with them. Most of them are that way from the factory and 30-40 years old.

 

[CR55]

DMW. All of mine had a rubber isolator on the bottom. They were all gm cars.