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Luvlegs · 01-09-2011, 06:33 PM

I put this new 4 core in a few weeks ago - can't tell if I should leave the bands on it or cut them? They LOOK like steel banding on stuff that gets palleted. Do I cut 'em or do they need to stay on?

**70C10Toejam** · 01-09-2011, 07:16 PM

I cut mine, since they are steel they will rust off at some point.

**john** · 01-09-2011, 08:33 PM

I took mine off. Figured they were shipping straps.

67chevy1series · 01-09-2011, 08:44 PM

you can keep them or cut but if you leave em then under there will be perfect

flashed · 01-09-2011, 09:57 PM

I left mine on .

Hubscrub · 01-09-2011, 10:06 PM

i left mine on i have had rad. shop install them on some of my older rad. i have had worked on

**passthebuck** · 01-09-2011, 10:08 PM

I had a plymouth that one of those straps rusted at the top & then flapped back and fourth off of the fan & the rad itself. Caused a bizzare sound & a hole in the rad very soon after.

Hubscrub · 01-09-2011, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by passthebuck

I had a plymouth that one of those straps rusted at the top & then flapped back and fourth off of the fan & the rad itself. Caused a bizzare sound & a hole in the rad very soon after.

never though of that happening might cut em now

Longhorn Man · 01-09-2011, 11:10 PM

those bands were used in the process of building the core, it is not needed and the above is a good reason to chop them off.
And afterr reading that story, I now need to cut those straps off the core in my burb.

Luvlegs · 01-09-2011, 11:34 PM

and mine will be coming off too! Thanks all.

butters_72 · 01-09-2011, 11:45 PM

i actually just bought a brand new rad, and the guy at the shop told me that i should cut them off befor i install it, just so that things like the above mentioned wouldnt happen, so i did i cut them off yesterday

67chevy1series · 01-09-2011, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Hubscrub

never though of that happening might cut em now

gmcandbeer · 01-25-2014, 12:48 AM

I was told that you need them. It possibly will warp and crack from heating and cooling. the straps are intended to keep the top and bottom of the core from coming apart. Cut mine before i heard this though.....oh well

01-09-2011, 06:33 PM	#1
Luvlegs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Smith Mountain Lake Virginia Posts: 1,537	cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) I put this new 4 core in a few weeks ago - can't tell if I should leave the bands on it or cut them? They LOOK like steel banding on stuff that gets palleted. Do I cut 'em or do they need to stay on? Attached Images __________________ "A cat will almost always blink when hit between the eyes with a ball peen hammer" (you don't always have to state the obvious) Wear your PPE! You can eat with false teeth but you can't see with a false eye. 1959 Studebaker Silverhawk 350/400 1972 C10 L6 3OTT 2005 F350 - Built - whew!

01-09-2011, 07:16 PM	#2
70C10Toejam Hellasick Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Death Moans, IA Posts: 876	Re: cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) I cut mine, since they are steel they will rust off at some point. __________________ I keep two MAGNUMS in my desk. One's a gun, and I keep it loaded. The other's a bottle and it keeps ME loaded. I'm Tracer Bullet. (Calvin and Hobbes) This life was a test. It was only a test. If this had been an actual life, you would have received instructions on where to go and what to do. RED meat is not bad for you...FUZZY BLUE/GREEN MEAT is bad for you!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUILT FORD TOUGH WITH CHEVY STUFF--sticker at Goodguys

01-09-2011, 08:33 PM	#3
john member #16 Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Yuba City Ca. Posts: 3,618	Re: cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) I took mine off. Figured they were shipping straps. __________________ john http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showgroups.php board vendors http://www.flickr.com/photos/1745471...7602865984234/

01-09-2011, 08:44 PM	#4
67chevy1series Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: a t w a t e r cali 95301 Posts: 10,713	Re: cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) you can keep them or cut but if you leave em then under there will be perfect

01-09-2011, 09:57 PM	#5
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,728	Re: cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) I left mine on .

01-09-2011, 10:06 PM	#6
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) i left mine on i have had rad. shop install them on some of my older rad. i have had worked on __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

01-09-2011, 10:08 PM	#7
passthebuck Sisyphus was my mentor! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Carleton Place, Ontario CANADA Posts: 984	Re: cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) I had a plymouth that one of those straps rusted at the top & then flapped back and fourth off of the fan & the rad itself. Caused a bizzare sound & a hole in the rad very soon after. __________________ passthebuck #5642 -TWO 1967 GMC 910's. One with L6/3-on-the tree and the other with 355 w/435hp & a 700r4. -a 2013 Honda Civic as my "sensible" car

01-09-2011, 11:10 PM	#9
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) those bands were used in the process of building the core, it is not needed and the above is a good reason to chop them off. And afterr reading that story, I now need to cut those straps off the core in my burb.

01-09-2011, 11:34 PM	#10
Luvlegs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Smith Mountain Lake Virginia Posts: 1,537	Re: cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) and mine will be coming off too! Thanks all. __________________ "A cat will almost always blink when hit between the eyes with a ball peen hammer" (you don't always have to state the obvious) Wear your PPE! You can eat with false teeth but you can't see with a false eye. 1959 Studebaker Silverhawk 350/400 1972 C10 L6 3OTT 2005 F350 - Built - whew!

01-09-2011, 11:45 PM	#11
butters_72 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Geyserville CA Posts: 18	Re: cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) i actually just bought a brand new rad, and the guy at the shop told me that i should cut them off befor i install it, just so that things like the above mentioned wouldnt happen, so i did i cut them off yesterday __________________ [B][COLOR="Navy"]BUTTERS 72 Chevy longbed C-10 72 Chevy 4x4 Longbed

01-25-2014, 12:48 AM	#13
gmcandbeer Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Watsonville California Posts: 2	Re: cut radiator straps? (1 more post to go too) I was told that you need them. It possibly will warp and crack from heating and cooling. the straps are intended to keep the top and bottom of the core from coming apart. Cut mine before i heard this though.....oh well __________________ 1972 GMC G15 shorty van 350cid 1972 GMC K2500 custom sm465 2005 GMC seirra 1500 4.8



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