The first thing I noticed upon tear down is that they didn't replace any of the isolation mounts..........so the radiator was sitting too low in the hardnose to begin with. The lowers were half the height of a new one.
The other thing is that there are only 4 bolts that hold this hardnose to the mainframe, 2 on each side. When I removed the bolts, the upper right side bolt was broken.....with the head of the bolt still in the hole. This pic is of the left side............I noticed that the bolts are smaller than the holes. The odd thing is the parts page for this shows a M14x40 bolt as the factory bolt, but the holes are around 9/16". They don't seem to be wallowed out but with that much clearance the hardnose can be pushed back almost 2 inches at the top of the radiator IF it were to be pushed on.........say by hitting the side of a dump truck while they were loading it with dirt. I bel;ieve this is what happened both times........so I am going to have to beef this up a bit. These operators are not paying attention, not noticing, or not caring.
The other thing is that there are only 4 bolts that hold this hardnose to the mainframe, 2 on each side. When I removed the bolts, the upper right side bolt was broken.....with the head of the bolt still in the hole. This pic is of the left side............I noticed that the bolts are smaller than the holes. The odd thing is the parts page for this shows a M14x40 bolt as the factory bolt, but the holes are around 9/16". They don't seem to be wallowed out but with that much clearance the hardnose can be pushed back almost 2 inches at the top of the radiator IF it were to be pushed on.........say by hitting the side of a dump truck while they were loading it with dirt. I bel;ieve this is what happened both times........so I am going to have to beef this up a bit. These operators are not paying attention, not noticing, or not caring.