Raidiator hose gap

[lance leblanc]

Reinstalling my 29 Tudor radiator today, ran into a situation that has me stumped. When fan belt is tight, I have less than a 1/4” space between the return radiator hose and the belt. When generator is pushed all the way in and touching block I still only have at most 1/2”. So no much room for shorter belt.
I’ve added a shim at the ft motor mount but that did not have much effect. I have 1/8” pads under radiator.
Questioning hose angle but still unable to get safe spacing. I did replace my engine mounts with new.