Ideas for chassis-to-body isolation

[BigIrish]

Looking for ideas for something to seperate the chassis from the body on my model A project. As it is, the body sits direcly on the chassis and would squeak as they flexed.

Speedway sells a roll of rubber tape for this purpose, but it's $50 a roll. Has to be something cheaper that I'm not thinking of. [S

 

[TiredIronGRB]

If you can find some old conveyer belt it works great, just cut to fit and drill a hole in it.

 

[ronnysplymouth]

What about tire sidewall.

 

[Torch]

any place that ships big rolls of paper will have sheets of recycled rubber mat they throw down the keep the rolls form sliding on the floors of the trailers.

 

[sgtpontiac]

Run to the tractor supply....

pick up a mud flap for a semi....or the local truck stop....It's about a 1/4 to 5/15 thick and would work fine......cheap too....I can get them here for about 8 buck...

 

[earthman]

Is the body going to lay well on top of the frame? I put the original style wood blocks back under mine.

 

[Torch]

pick up a mud flap for a semi....or the local truck stop....It's about a 1/4 to 5/15 thick and would work fine......cheap too....I can get them here for about 8 buck...

No use a Mudflap from a semi trailer...its the same thing but different enough to argue about lol

 

[dmw56]

I've got a big chunk of conveyer belt I've been using.

 

[26Troadster]

in a word, oak[cl cheap and i use it on all our trucks when i add the utility beds. never had a problem, the rubber will squeeze out after awhile. i know the car body is lite but it works.

 

[BigIrish]

Good ideas, thanks.

I was also thinking a $15 set of rubber floor mats, and cut those up.

 

[rustybeercan]

I like my bodies to sit a little higher off the frame than just sheets of rubber. I used to use hockey pucks but have been using boat trailer rollers cut about 1/2" - 3/4" high. A 12" boat trailer roller is about $15, already has a hole drilled in the middle and is enough for several cars.

Beercan

 

[2.3Turbo_T]

I like my bodies to sit a little higher off the frame than just sheets of rubber. I used to use hockey pucks but have been using boat trailer rollers cut about 1/2" - 3/4" high. A 12" boat trailer roller is about $15, already has a hole drilled in the middle and is enough for several cars.

Beercan

I'll be using an old conveyor belt grabbed from work for my ride but, Rustybeercan, that's a great idea! I luv using materials that have no automotive application, at all, and making them work for our purposes! Better yet, try a boat repair yard and see if they have any old ones laying around!

 

[zzrodder]

I guess I've been doing it wrong, I've always bolted my bodies solidly to the frame - I felt it makes for a more solid vehicle, tying the frame and body together, especially on a roadster - when the body flexes and you've got your arm resting on it while cruising, you can get a nasty pinch when the door gap closes up....

 

[sgtpontiac]

I note hint of sarcasim there...LOL

No use a Mudflap from a semi trailer...its the same thing but different enough to argue about lol

Are you yanking my traffic whistle chain????

 

[offroadrolls]

sections cut from an old leather belt work well. You can double them up too.

 

[Bamamav]

I've got some pieces of an old conveyer belt I'm gonna use if I can figure out a way to drill a hole in them that won't close up. [S Might end up using a small hole saw. Tried a 1/2" drill bit, when I took the bit out, the hole was too small for a 1/4" bolt!

 

[echnidna]

a hollow punch and a big hammer will do he job [

 

[Willowbilly3]

I had a chunk of thinner belting, maybe 1/4 inch and just used a hole saw in the drill press to make all my body idolaters. I also keep a few rolls that I get from scraping out treadmill exercise machines, comes in handy.