Missing Transfer Case Bracket Insulator Retainers
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:21 pm
I'm finishing up the details on the NP200 transfer case that I rebuilt, and noticed an item in the ORD 9 SNL that has me puzzled. Part No. G505-0638124 (Chrysler p/n CC-690347) is listed as a "RETAINER, mounting bracket insulator" in section 0800, Transfer Assembly, quantity four (4) required. But I've never seen one, my truck didn't have them when I disassembled it, and none of the vendors' catalogs that I've read show it. The "G505" prefix means that the part originated with the earlier Dodge WC series of 1/2-ton trucks.
This part does not appear in the later (1972) TM9-2320-212-34P parts catalog, either.
It's apparently used as part of the rear motor mount assembly for flathead six Dodge and Plymouth cars, and I suspect it's some sort of metal cup to control deformation of the rubber isolator used in the mount.
The only possible illustration of these retainers that I've found is Fig. 163 in TM9-8030 Operation and Organizational Maintenance manual:

If you look closely, there appear to be upside down shallow cups on top of each of the lower insulators (the ones underneath the transfer case mounting brackets) between the insulator and the transfer case mounting bracket. The text on how to install the transfer case onto the truck's frame that goes with this illustration makes no mention of these retainers, however.
This part does not appear in the later (1972) TM9-2320-212-34P parts catalog, either.
It's apparently used as part of the rear motor mount assembly for flathead six Dodge and Plymouth cars, and I suspect it's some sort of metal cup to control deformation of the rubber isolator used in the mount.
The only possible illustration of these retainers that I've found is Fig. 163 in TM9-8030 Operation and Organizational Maintenance manual:
If you look closely, there appear to be upside down shallow cups on top of each of the lower insulators (the ones underneath the transfer case mounting brackets) between the insulator and the transfer case mounting bracket. The text on how to install the transfer case onto the truck's frame that goes with this illustration makes no mention of these retainers, however.