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Old Feb 12, 2016 | 07:11 PM
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Body mounts creeking

I've read threw a lot of threads concerning the body mount creek under the drivers floor board. Mine has been creeking since 60,000 miles. Have 220,000 miles now. Has anyone found a garaunteed fix yet for these little buggers?
 
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Old Feb 12, 2016 | 07:59 PM
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There are likely a few causes but the top mount collapsing and the metal sleeve inside the bushing hitting the body seems like a popular choice. A new mount should cure it.
If it were me I would use a polyurethane replacement.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2016 | 08:48 PM
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Replace it, I had tried a few methods like grinding etc.... They all just got me a month or so on my previous ex... When I replaced (OEM) and added the later on shim that also came from ford problem was solved.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2016 | 01:46 PM
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How many bushings normally go out? $90 a pop is pretty step. $63 a piece with my discount.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2016 | 02:08 PM
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The one under driverside feet 1st to go...

It has the most amount of stress
 
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Old Feb 13, 2016 | 06:31 PM
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I replaced all four under the passenger seating area when I did mine.... mainly because I wanted to do the ones that creak the most "while I was under there".

Not a hard job, just PIA job.
 
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