uni cab mounts ?

[cal56f100]

working on my 61 uni new front cab mounts , rocker steps risers and floor pans ect we reset rocker, step, riser, when fitting front cab mount they look to be fab 1/2 to 3/4 inch to tall or has the cab settled that much? ( parts are us made) any insight
Thanks guys

[charliemccraney]

Where did you get them?

I had noticed something like that when I replaced my driver side pan but I really can't remember the details at this time. It all worked out well.

[cooter]

some mounts are bigger to fit over the factory ones, this may be the case.

[cal56f100]

I got them from carolina-classics
guss i just have jack it up that much but the front clip lines up nice
thought i check what you guys had expierienced
your input is greatly apericated
thanks guys

this uni is running 292 Y block have 3 duces and ramhorns to install next

also pickup a 64 , 65 and 66 oh no can't help my self!!!!
is there a 10 step program for this when you hit 10 slicks ?

[cooter]

when you hit 10 slicks it becomes a one step program, thats when the wife says ^get rid of some or else^. Im gonne miss her!!!

[charliemccraney]

Sweet! Another Y-Block. Plan to make it to National trails raceway near Columbus, Ohio during Labor Day weekend for the Y-Block Nationals. It's bracket racing so you don't have to worry about breaking your truck. You can drive it as you do on the street as you want, just be consistent. And there is money to be won. A first timer at the event can actually do very well; you're almost guaranteed to get something your first time.

And I found the thread. I did find a 1/4" difference between the replacement mounts and stock. Mine came from Carolina classics, too. Mine is nowhere near finished so I hope that difference doesn't come back to haunt me. I'm learning that there are many more subtle differences about unibodies, things that look the same but really aren't quite.
http://www.slick60s.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6436&hilit=cab+mount

You'll notice toward the end of that thread that one of the members suggest cranking down on the cab mount to compensate for the difference. Don't do this. if all of your mounting components are in place, it's virtually impossible, anyway; there is a spacer tube to prevent that. Further, the replacement mounts and pans do not have a spacer tube that the stock pan/mount has. If you crank down on that bolt with repro parts, it will probably just dimple the floor further or pull through completely. You can see it in the spacer tube for the cab mount rubber assembly in a picture in that thread.

And if you need mounting rubbers for your uni:
http://www.slick60s.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12324&p=106545&hilit=cab+mounting+rubbers#p106545

[slickmainer]

Wauseon Ohio, cool. grew up in Findlay, went to college in toledo

[ICEMAN6166]

is there a 10 step program for this when you hit 10 slicks ?

my wife started me into this addiction by telling me (a former bumpside addict) that i needed something new. 1 turned in to 3 which doubled and doubled again, i had close to 20 here at one time, took a lot of free and very cheap parts trucks and sent several on to the crusher when they were nothing left but a shell.

there is no help, slickitis is terminal

[sgettin]

got the cab mounts for my 63(not a uni) from carolina classics also. good mounts plenty thick metal but did have to do some modifying up and down and back to back on them. not sure why either me or the mounts were off a bit. i think a lot of the aftermarket stuff is fairly generic in regards to deminsions. if it were me i would make darn sure your cab is in the right place and go from there. if your mounts are way off obviously you've got a problem but other than that if the cab sits right thats what you want.

[cal56f100]

Thanks Guys

Charlie your links to past threads is great ie rubber mounts I think I fab my own mounts ie 2x3 tube also
I am planing on doing this again on the 62 next its at the front end shop right now its got a ltd front clip

as to Y block nats been try to get there maybe this year but I probably drive the fridge 58 swb w/ 292 need to
change the three on the tree to 5sp did you mix t5 ie mustang/s10 ? for your trany

Also got a new blue oval (47 2N tractor) last week LOL think about upgrading to a V8 flaty

[cal56f100]

Gregg

Wauseon is Mid-America as I moved here 12 years ago from Modesto, Ca
we have a tuesday evening cruise all summer long and car shows on every weekend within 50 mi
I've had construction projects at UT

PS Hows Maine?

[slickmainer]

I was able to find these two on ebay last week. Thanks to Brian for decoding them, I was pretty sure they were for a unibody and they were. never installed.

[charliemccraney]

Please measure those and post the dimensions so that we can know once and for all what they should be.

Overall thickness
outer diameter
both inner diameters
The depth of the counter bore

[ICEMAN6166]

x2
at least the numbers on my old ones were legible, and i have the washer that goes in the cbore but the height and od are unable to be correctly measured on the 50 year old rubber.

[slickmainer]

Hope this helps. I didn't know how to visually show the county bore in the image so I had to add the photograph. It's 2 pennies deep which is 1/8 inch

[charliemccraney]

Sweet!

[cal56f100]

Update on my 61

built the 2x3 tube type mounts "work great" (ran existing rubber for now will fab new latter need one new bolt)
replaced both rocker steeps riser and pans had to add some 14 gage stock at gaps ect.
ready for seam sealer and coating ect

snowing this morning yesterday was spring

[slickmainer]

any pics of the mounts? how is NW ohio? green grass yet?

[ken_b]

I took the liberty of reworking the two images Slickmainer posted this thread to make them clear and user friendly again