Hey all need some help!!!

How do you get those little body mount sleeves apart!

I have tried heat, pounding them apart. I put some pictures in my galary to show what they look like. Ones a male lower body mount and the other is a female upper body mount. 4 under the cab and 2 for the front clip radiator support.

I am short of cutting them suckers apart, but they are a pretty penny for something that looks almost like a simple washer.

Any help would be appreciated or they will meet their doom of the saw-zall!! Thanks guys!!


Rompin 78

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They don't come apart!

 

Wrong answer!!!

I was affraid someone would say that. Thanks Wiz.

Oh... They will come apart alright! After I take my saw-zall to them!!!

Thats why they are so expensive! They know they got you if you have to replace them!!

If anyone else has any input, not doubting Wiz's answer, but its always good to have multiple thoughts! Thanks again wiz!


Rompin 78

 

Mine are like that too, or were like that in a previous incarnation. They were so rusted together they might as well have been welded. I thought I may just make some to replace them. I bought poly mounts and they didn't come with any hardware so making some seemed to be the best option.

 

Poly is good for suspension bushings but it is probably better to use OEM style rubber for the cab mounts. The last OEM mount I bought had hardware but different companies may come in various states of completene$$.

 

Hey all good news!!!

Just as I was just starting to run out of ideas, I begin thinking about the bushings that I bought, when I was going throught the kit I bought, this little piece of paper floated out!

Guess what, it showed how to get them apart!! You take a bolt of the same size and screw it into the nut from underneath. Then taking a punch, hammer out the bottom piece from the top!

I got 5 out of 6 apart! The 6th one, it was really rusted, and I ended up hammering out the bolt, striping the threads on the nut. Oh well, it came off in 30 seconds with a saw zall!

Thats better then buying them all! For 1 its about $10 versus the $130 I would have had to spend!

Just thought you guys would like to know, or someone else who has the same problem!

Rompin 78

 

............INSTRUCTION? We don't need no stinkin instructions!

 

I had that same problem with my 78 when I put the 3" body lift on. I gave up on taking them apart and just drilled the threads out enough for the new bolts to slide through. Then I just put the new nut on the bottom. Luckily, the rubber was still good enough that I didn't have to replace it.

Kevin K.