Replacing Cab Mounts

well i am about to do the dreaded task of the body mounts and was wondering if anyone had any tricks or something to help me out when i go to do this. Will i need to drop the front tank??

I doubt the front fuel tank will be in your way.

Here is a link to a very good "how to" article. It's for an older Ford but it will work fine for our trucks. I've gathered all the stuff to do this to my truck but I haven't had the time to do it yet.

http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?t=46119

I'm wondering if my cab mounts aren't getting bad........ will they cause the floor to sometimes feel like it's shifting? Sorry for the hijack.......

that is awesome and very detailed !! dont want to drop the tank tho lol

thanks!!

94.5stroker said:

I'm wondering if my cab mounts aren't getting bad........ will they cause the floor to sometimes feel like it's shifting? Sorry for the hijack.......

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i have heard mine rubin some where in the back, and cab to bed does not line up at all anymore so i figured 70 bucks should cure it . . . . . well i hope:jammin:

94.5stroker said:

I'm wondering if my cab mounts aren't getting bad........ will they cause the floor to sometimes feel like it's shifting? Sorry for the hijack.......

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Yes they will. I can feel my cab shifting a little on bumps.

if anyone wants i will prol try and tackle this tonight or tomorrow night if anyone wants any photos

Yodersstrokin96 said:

if anyone wants i will prol try and tackle this tonight or tomorrow night if anyone wants any photos

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That would be cool if you want to..... I would check it out, totally up to you though.......

i have heard mine rubin some where in the back, and cab to bed does not line up at all anymore so i figured 70 bucks should cure it . . . . . well i hope

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I don't have a box so I can't tell if they line up haha but lately I have noticed the floor seems to move slightly in bumps...... I also have some weird noises coming from up front I think it's my fenders though idk prolly all related as the pickup was totaled by deer before I got it.....

yea i should be able to get some pics and i thought after 15 years they could prol get replaced

May the Force be with you!

An alternate method is to use a length of chain looped around a floor jack and the ends attached to the mount bolt. Jacking up the truck would pull the bolt and bushing out without drilling out the bushing or having to make a puller and turning a lot. This was posted on TDS as I recall.

now that sounds like an ideer right ther.

Being basically lazy, this method really appealled to me when I originally read the post.

Sorry to wake up an old thread. Did you ever finish this project or does anyone have some other tricks? I really thought the jack and chain method would pull it out but it ended up breaking the nut off the bottom of the sleeve. Lol. Welded it back on and looking for other ideas now...

ha well no a havent, trying to find down time but it hasnt come about

Haha I hear ya. I bought the bushing set in like January and I'm just now getting around to doing the job

haha yeah let me know how it is!

The hardest part is seperating the rear drivers side bushing above the tank. Other than that its just lift the cab and replace. I did this on my 95 twice. The first time I used energy suspension bushings. The cab to bed body lines were off and the cab sat tilted and it I was able to feel every bump in the road. I then spent the coin on OEM bushings and it put the cab right were it needed to be and it rode a hell of a lot better.

Here is a question for anyone that has done this. I have the energy bushings. Do I need to retain the steel bushing that are in the OEM mounts? Or can I just cut them in half and bolt in the poly ones? Energies directions SUCK