Body Mount Bushing Install - now with pictures! And a video too!!!

Which lift you use? Mine is Toytec.

 

The body lift is the 1" toytec - about every body lift uses the same materials. All I got is the toytec AAL and toytec 2.5" / 3" spring ( totally forgot ) and a 1/2 spacer.

 

Finally ordered these off Amazon after having them in my cart forever....

Box is labeled correctly (

$109 8.4109G Body Mount Set-Reg, Access & Dbl Cab

8.4109G) but every single polyurethane part is off by one digit.
Instead of 4241, they sent 4141. Instead of 4244, they sent 4144.
Caught it right away as they're square instead of round. Energy Suspension guy said it looks like they're for a Subaru or something

 

But are they just as good as OEM or better?

 

I don't know...
Got a Subaru?

 

What a drag... Hate when that happens

 

Looks like they got it right this time

Now to scour this thread one more time for all the little tips and tricks.

 

I installed just the rad support bushings (universal) with the big puck on top, no washer, and only adjustment I've made is the hood bumpers. Been debating doing the cab mounts but my truck is already stiffer than I like with all the extra weight and ome kit on it. Could you guys tell the condition of your mounts prior to pulling them out? I have a lot of vibrations but no idea if it's my mounts or the shit roads in SC

 

I cannot get these damn body mount bushings to stop making noise (almost sounds like a rattle in the rear mounts)

Short backstory - bought the truck with a body lift on it, so when I had it removed, I didn’t have any original hardware at all. Purchased a hardware kit from 4crawler, and ES bushing kit. I’ve torqued them to 34ft lbs, rattle. Less than 34 is worse, more than 34 is worse.

Bought stock nuts and bolts from the dealer, it was quiet - thought I fixed it, drove about 100 miles and the rattle came back. Re-torqued everything and still the same sound.

Unless anyone has any ideas, I guess I’ll be buying stock body mounts and doing it myself.

 

I'd guess the aftermarket hardware might have damaged the holes the hardware mounts through, leaving some play. Stock body mounts may not help the situation if this is the case. I hope not for your sake

 

Didn’t think of that. I hope not too!

Although the aftermarket hardware looks pretty damn close (if not exactly) the same diameter. Guess I’ll find out this weekend...

 

Knowing the precise location of the noise is really important. Get some chassis ears and go to town...

 

Two things -
1. I saw somewhere that a rattle on some tacomas ends up being the body mount bolts (not the bushing bolts)
2. For the clunk/knock/sleeve thing, get some rubber gaskets, like for garden hoses. You might have to trim those a pinch around the edges. Or go to a plumber supply place. You know, the ones that have everything behind the counter. Take down the bottom bushing & pull out the sleeve. Put one gasket up around the bolt. Then put in the sleeve & put another gasket at the bottom before you put the on the washer & nut. If you get the right size or trim 'em just right, they fit in super snug.

 

Yes you could see the front of my truck sagged a little vs the back of the cab but that was it and only because of the sliders. When we replaced them man were they bad.

 

I've got to muck around with mine the DS front one is making a clunk offroading I can feel it in my foot.

 

I took all four of mine apart and lubed the shit out of everything... anti-seize all over the bolts too. Torqued to 34 and (for now) they’re all quiet. I did end up getting the OEM body mounts, but they’re sitting in the garage. One peep from these bastards and they’re going in the trash haha.

 

K, so back to my theory of taking out the sleeve, putting a buffer gasket over the bolt & wedging it into the bushing. Push the sleeve back in place & top it off with another small rubber gasket. All I had was a garden hose type & the center diameter was too big. I had some make a gasket, it's a roll of gasket "rope". I cut just enough to go around the bolt so as to make the GH gasket hold snug. The sleeve was flush with the bushing after inserting the first gasket, but this was good cuz after torquing everything was, yup, snug. Seems to have worked. I am a little hesitant to claim total victory since I still have to do the other side (has a lesser clunk) & until then cannot be 100% I have eliminated all clunkage/knockage/etc. I did these 1 1/2 years ago, in fact it looks like 11/19/17 since that's when I joined TW. Everything else seems to clear suspension checks, so why a tilt & clunking already? I made my own spacer so the tilt is ok now, but the clunk, which I may have remedied for now.... But still, aren't these lifetime warranty? Not supposed to wear down? Idealistic much?

 

Hey all, just read through this whole thread searching for a solution to this ridiculously annoying squeaking sound coming from the front of my truck. Wondering if it could be the radiator mount bushings.

I've been getting this squeaking from the front of my truck for some time now, seems to be more prevalent during warmer seasons, and sometimes I have noticed it goes away after it has rained. It gets so bad that it will squeak when I step into the truck. I hear it most when I am driving slowly in parking lots. For the longest time I thought it was my aftermarket UCAs, and I even replaced the uniballs and the control arm bushings to fix the problem. Didn't work.

My truck has about 135k on it with an aftermarket bumper and rock sliders. I am looking to replace the radiator mount bushings since the noise seems to be coming from the front, but would you guys recommend replacing the body mounts too? If I can get away with just doing the radiator mounts I would, mainly to save money and time, but I'd rather buy the kit that has all 6 bushings right up front if that's what my truck needs. Is there any way to tell if the body mounts need to be replaced?

Any input is appreciated, this squeaking is getting to me.

 

mechanics stethoscope, have someone shake/jiggle/wiggle/shimmy the truck to reproduce sound...play getting hotter/colder game. it'll be super obvious where it's coming from.

 

^^^ as suggested above, I would try to confirm that bushings are in fact the problem before you throw money at a "maybe" solution. If you do determine that it's the bushings, my personal opinion is that it would be a good idea to do the body mount bushings too with 135K on the odometer. I just did my body lift at around 105K and wasn't planning to do body mounts, but the condition of the radiator bushings was pretty poor, to the point that there was no bushing left and it was metal on metal. My body mount bushings were in better condition but still were showing cracking and separation of the rubber from the sleeve. I expect you will have have to at least loosen up the the other cab mount bolts to lift the cab for the front bushings anyway, and breaking those bolts loose was the hardest part for me. There's a reasonable possibility that you will have a rusted cab mount bolt seized in there, or possibly the smaller bolts that hold the bushings to the frame. I snapped the head off one of those and had to crank every one out with a wrench the entire way they were so rusted, so you should be prepared to replace those as needed. It took me several days of soaking the seized bolt in PB plaster, then hitting it with a blow torch, and then an air hammer to get that bugger to let go. With my body lift, all the cab mount bolts got replaced so I didn't have to think about it, but had they not, I would have replaced them anyway. Just my .02 cents of advice having just done this.