Body mount question ...
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Body mount question ...
So I'm pulling the body this weekend to overhaul the frame an related components this winter, it is a 71 coupe I believe the body mounts are solid. Is there a better body mount option to install, an upgrade for the stock ones?
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Dave
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Dave
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The 73 and newer mounts are a rubber and metal sandwich, of sorts. They are a bit thicker (maybe 1/4" or 3/8"?) than the solid metal mounts, and will raise the body off the frame that much. They also will improve the noise, vibration and harshness isolation. The factory had a separate bushing set for the coupe and convertible (the convertible #2 and #3 bushings were softer, and marked with white paint), but the aftermarket supplies only the coupe set.
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If you go back with the aluminum thick spacers (bushings)...I would apply a layer of thick cellophane tape to each side of them before putting them in and trim the excess off. You won't be able to see that it is there and it keeps the aluminum and metal from touching directly...which can cause for galvanic action to occur if they do...and you add salt into the equation. It goes crazy and the aluminum begins to corrode.
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If you go back with the aluminum thick spacers (bushings)...I would apply a layer of thick cellophane tape to each side of them before putting them in and trim the excess off. You won't be able to see that it is there and it keeps the aluminum and metal from touching directly...which can cause for galvanic action to occur if they do...and you add salt into the equation. It goes crazy and the aluminum begins to corrode.
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Dave
