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Default Clanking radiator expansion...

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"Jim K.." writes:
harry Wrote in message:
On Wednesday, 2 January 2019 17:05:28 UTC, JimK wrote:
ISTR ch radiator brackets come with some plastic "insulators" that
the rad actual bears on, to presumably allow the expansion of the
rad etc without the infernal clanking I've got on one of
mine...

Sources, proper names, good bodges, alternatives please?


Cut a bit of insulation off electric cable and use that


I can see that being cut through by the weight especially being warmed?


You can get gromet strip which is harder than PVC, and probably
slides more easily. Try putting it on both the mating surfaces.

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