All the body bushings have dry rotted away on my 08 Superduty. Are these hard to replace?


I am starting to hear and feel more road noise and rattling when going over bumps or a rough road. U think they would have used polyurethane bushings instead of rubber.

 

thinking of doing my 08 as well.

 

Check stuff like your shock mounts first. I had a loose top mount bolt on the rear shock of my 2011 F350. Drove me nuts trying to figure out where it was coming from. Just grab each shock and wiggle it; it shouldn't wiggle at all.

 

I already checked all that, besides I just put Bilsteins all the way around recently. I can see that there is no bushing left on most of the mounts, I am sure this is the problem.


I was just wondering how many have done this and is it a beast of a job or not? Do most shops that do lifts do this type of work as well?

 

It doesn't seem bad, IIRC you just need a decently long impact extension for the front bolts:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post13044273

Watch around 4:30 in on this video, it shows him removing the 08+ cab bolts that are flipped, to save you having to remove so much of the interior like in the thread above:

 

Ordered the Bushing kit today, I will let U know how it goes.

 

is this the kit you bought?

2008 FORD F 350 SUPER DUTY Daystar Body Mount Kits KF04050KV - Free Shipping on Orders Over $99 at Summit Racing

 

Mine is different ? KF04050BK spoke to someone online and this is what he is sending out. I paid $165.00 free shipping. They wanted the same amount for the hardware kit. I find it ridiculous enough to pay what I did for Plastic donut's.


I can't wait to get them in and quite this truck down to what it was when new.

 

In the Daystar Bushing kit, the instructions say to disconnect the battery and pull the airbag fuse? I have not heard anything of this on the forum and videos I watched? Just want to make sure before I tackle this next week.

 

can you post a pic of the bushings you get. all the web sites to buy all say what is pictured may differ...yada...yada..yada

 

I'd look for some hydraulic body mounts, if I had to replace mine. Tenneco (parent company of Monroe and Rancho) has designed some.

General Motors installs hydraulic body mounts under the C pillar of their truck cabs.

They look like a miniature flying saucer. No rubber or poly at all on the upper mount. All metal on the outside, but inside, there is hydraulic fluid that is encapsulated in such a way as to absorb cab to frame vibrations.

I haven't investigated if there are any applications that meet the bolt thread and head orientation of the Super Duty body, (because my body mounts are holding up fine after 15 years, other than the thread clicking... and I obtained a spare set to address that).

But since you are in the market immediately, may I suggest googling hydraulic body mounts, and seeing what you find. The technology is quite interesting, clever, simple, and perhaps more durable as well.

 

Thanks but I already bought a set of Poly bushings. here is a picture of the set that I purchased from Daystar.

 

I am very interested in these hydraulic mounts if any one knows of them for Ford Superdutys. I am not a fan of polyurethane unless on a track dedicated race car.

 

I'm really interested in how your new poly bushings feel after you get them installed. I installed some poly's on a Jeep Wrangler I once had and after they were installed I felt every bump and every rock. It didn't feel near as compliant as the rubber bushings did. I didn't like the ride at all after that.

But, an F250/F350 is far heavier than the body of a Wrangler so it may be just fine.

 

status of the install.....doing mine soon after you tell the got chas and look out for's