Actually the steel rings go on all four rubbers to stop excess mushrooming.
Bob Grunau
Blair,
Bob is right on the money. However, I'll add that steel rings are
placed around the lower edge of the bottom grommets, just above the
large flat washer, to reduce any 'mushrooming' effect.
Bud Krueger
Bob Grunau wrote:
>Blair,
>One rubber on top of the cross member, one under on each side. So two on
>top, two on the bottom in total. Then a large 3/8" flat washer, 3/8" lock
>washer and 3/8" BSF nut tightened just enough to slightly compress the
>rubbers.
>Bob Grunau
>
>I am putting my radiator back in my TD... there are 4 rubber bushing /
>grommets with steel rings around them the radiator is to be fitted with...
>my question is do two go on top of the cross member (under the radiator)
and
>two go underneath? or do all four go on top of the cross member? When it
>came apart, all 4 were above the cross member... but it seems, like another
>way would be two on the bottom and two on the top for isolation purposes...
>If all 4 were to go on top, I would think there would just be one thicker
>grommet... and if two were to go on the bottom, there would be a washer to
>prevent the nut from driving into the rubber...
>
>
>Blair
>Peterborough, NH
>53 TD
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