I am at the point where i am going to be laying out my frame work for my project but first i would like to put on the body mounts that attach to the frame. i built the frame myself at work out of 2x4 rectangle tubing 1/4 thick. I was wanting to use the same material for my mounts as i have about 6' of it left over. I am wanting to put the mounts on the frame with the 2 inches of steel as the mounting surface for the body and the 4 inches welded to the frame as the gussets portion of the mount. my question is the 2 inch enough for a mounting surface for the body? the body is a 46 ford truck cab. Can you guys that read this, post pics of your body mounts so i can get an idea of what i can build. thanks.
Not sure but common sense would be that the mounting surface should be at least as large as the rubber body mount cushion. Most use a round bisquit about 3" in diameter.
I was thinking cutting the tubing about 3 & 1/2 inches long and cutting a 45* from one corner to the other.
I think 2" would be good. My factory mounts on my 53 are only that wide. A rubber mudflap cut up would work well for the mounts. If you figure out how many mounts you are putting in I may have enough rubber pad mounts leftover from my project if they would work for you
ok i'll use the tubing then. 3 1/2 is enough for the front of the cab but i think the rear mounts will need to be a bit longer. 4 mounts for the cab and 4 mounts for the bed. 8 mounts total. thanks Dan & Jeff.
I would not get too set on steel to steel body mounts unless you want a bunch of fractured sheet metal body parts. Don't take much rubber, but steel to steel is asking for trouble.
ok i wasnt aware of that. ive heard that race cars dont use rubber mounts due to body roll. i'll use some sort of rubber to dampen the vibrations then, thanks.
What I`m useing on my car build, nice mount. http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/Energy-Suspension-Universal-Isolators.asp
We use round rubber doughnuts that are sold at most 4 x 4 shops as Jeep body mount insulators. They come in various thicknesses, like 1/2 and 3/4 inch, and are about 2 inches in diameter (maybe 1.5) and have about a 3/8 inch hole in the center for the mounting bolt. They are hard rubber and only cost a buck or two each. Don I just looked at Fitty's picture, same thing except the ones we get have no metal parts with them, just poly or hard rubber.