Re: Body Mounts
Posted by HH56 On 2024/3/2 12:50:20
Check out Steele's offerings for body mount pads. Some years used actual molded rubber and other years only used a rubber and fabric impregnated substance similar to conveyer belting. Steele gives dimensions for his rubber cushion offerings if you are going to try and make your own. At one time Kanter sold pieces of the belting like material where you cut your own 2" or 3" squares out of the piece. If they no longer carry that material McMaster-Carr sells conveyer belting by the foot in a few different widths and thicknesses.
51-4 seems to have only used a couple of different thickness and shapes but 55-6 had some additional shapes and thicknesses along with some having steel cores to keep any body bolts with excessive tightening from compressing the rubber too much. All of the locations could also have needed shims to accommodate differences in body mfg as the pieces were welded together. Ths was found evident if you read thru Stewarts 55 blog on his mismatched door fit adventure which I believe was solved by changing or rearranging a few shims.
If you check the Steele website and click on an item he often provides a dimensional drawing.. Here are the two cushions used in 51-4.
51-4 seems to have only used a couple of different thickness and shapes but 55-6 had some additional shapes and thicknesses along with some having steel cores to keep any body bolts with excessive tightening from compressing the rubber too much. All of the locations could also have needed shims to accommodate differences in body mfg as the pieces were welded together. Ths was found evident if you read thru Stewarts 55 blog on his mismatched door fit adventure which I believe was solved by changing or rearranging a few shims.
If you check the Steele website and click on an item he often provides a dimensional drawing.. Here are the two cushions used in 51-4.
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