Body Mounts Shot!

[Craig Long]

I was under my Trac checking out the stock exhaust (about to be non stock) when i noticed my passenger and driver side body mounts are falling apart, 2 on each side, the rubber mounts are what are falling apart. How hard to replace? Do I have to take the cab off or just raise? It is an 01 with about 102K.



Thanks,

 

[Jerry Gerner 2]

Pretty easy to do. Just loosen up all the bolts jack one side up at a time and replace them with the new ones. I did a 3" body lift on mine last summer so I know from experience how easy it is. Make sure your on level ground and use red loctite when you go to tighten down the bolts and retorque them about a week later.:smile0006:

 

[Gary DiPietroSr]

I would not break the loctite seal with re-torqing a week later. jmo.

 

[Jerry Gerner 2]

I thought the same thing when I did my body lift but that's what the instructions said to do.? I haven't had any issues yet, and I've put the truck to it's limits offroad.

 

[swshawaii]

Loctite a few exposed threads from the top of the nut, after re-torquing them. Works fine.



Better yet. Replace them with locknuts. Done deal.

 

[Jerry Gerner 2]

I put loctite all over the whole bolt when I did mine and put more in there when I retorqued:smile0006: them.

 

[Kevin Palmer]

Bama, as the others said, they are not hard to do. They are more of a pain in the but type job as compared to a HARD job.



You really can't do one without loosening the other in order to get the gap needed to slide them in an out. If you do one side at a time, it should keep the cab lined up as it was before you started the job.

 

[Craig Long]

Thanks everyone, this sounds to be a fun job! After I get my exhaust on I will focus on the mounts. I would just do a body lift if i didn't just buy tires. Besides I'm sure i would need new rims for 35's and convinceing the wife on that would be almost impossible.