Front Body Mount Noise Fix - That noise may not be your leaf springs

awesome. I pulled the trigger on the beefier ones last night. Meant to be doing a road time come the holidays and i need to get this fixed asap.

 

@dmurph1996

Unfortunately, I can confirm the beefier ones Energy Suspension 9.4102R Universal Mount https://cutt.ly/mgPqGSv
Will not fit without a ton of work to the poly bushing. This turned into an ordeal to make them work, I was in too far and couldn't stop. No install video as it would have tuned into me just looking into the camera cursing for a couple of minutes. And, it takes away any amount of extra front end leveling.

Pics--

 

ahhh crap. I just got the beefier ones in yesterday and was going to do this tomorrow. Ordered the other ones but they wont be here till Sunday. Thanks for letting me, and everyone else know.

 

I did the Energy Suspension-

$28 Energy Suspension- 9.4101G UNIVERSAL MOUNT

9.4101G UNIVERSAL MOUNT on 9Nov and they were tight going in, but then again I only jacked the body up as much as I had to. I wondered how much more room there was.

 

Did mine over the weekend. Like many others took 1.5-2 hours. Hardest part was taking the damn flats and guards out of the way. The driver side looked to be ok but had signs of wearing, the passenger side was shot so I'm glad I replaced them.
The annoying this is the dealer couldn't care any less when I asked about the noise I was hearing. They wanted to charge me $200 just to take a look at the truck. Then, since I have larger wheels, they said anything they find might probably wont be covered by the warranty because I have significantly modded my truck.
Anyway, here's what my passenger side looked like with 13,000 miles on it.

 

Just wanted to add to this thread. Finally got the dealer to replace these under warranty after three visits. First time they said it was my leaf springs, second it was my skidplate hitting my front diff (?) and finally, the third time around they confirmed it was the front body mounts.

Just picked it up after they swapped the part and I asked my advisor to see the old one, which you can see in the picture below was beginning to tear. Thank you OP for this thread!

 

Good for you! My dealership was not down to help out or pay for it.

 

Been hearing these squeaks for a couple weeks now! I have TC UCAs and I thought it was those bushings but I had just greased them and the noise continued. Just ordered these ES and will be installing them this week! Will come back with updates.

 

Is this by chance the noise you have been hearing. I’ve been chasing this for awhile and thought it was my UCA... maybe I’m wrong.

https://youtu.be/MPFXckAWE-o

 

Thanks for the write up @Victory. I had ordered these months ago and finally got around to installing them. Took about 30 minutes to do both sides. Much easier since I have an aftermarket bumper and didn’t have to take anything off to get to them. Passenger side was trashed. Driver side looked okay but replaced it anyway. It didn’t line up as well but I kept it slightly jacked up and tapped the bolt in with a hammer and it all came together fine.

 

Definitely could be the body mount.

 

Damn that was easy. Took maybe 10 mins to swap them. 40k on these bushings, they’ve been making noise for some time now. Lifted the front of the body about 1/4-3/8”.

 

Thank you!

Mine have been getting worse when turning. I was worried that it was the rack bushings.

The drivers side needed some persuasion. I had to loosen the rest and bump it around a bit.

 

Hi guys,
I believe the mounts are shot on my passenger side as well. Had my frame replaced almost two years ago and not sure if they reused my mounts or used the same OEM that are known to fail.
Does the whole cab need to be lifted off to do the mount behind the passenger wheel?

 

No. You just need to jack it locally to slip in the new parts. I used a 4x4.

 

Sorry. I forgot that I snapped a pic.

I jacked in the read area shown:

 

I’ve got a weird popping sound happening when I go over bumps or turns. I thought it was this and did this mod, but not the case as it’s still there. Mine were starting to look pretty bad at just 15k miles. Hope I figure out the popping noise soon.

 

I still have it, but it is way better than it was. I'm suspecting the remaining mounts? I wish Energy Suspension would address them. It'd be worth it to try.

 

Hey Tonered,
I appreciate you going the extra mile to take a picture for me.
I figured out what was causing the pop on my truck. It wasn't the mount!
If you look under the passenger wheel well (with the air dam pulled back) towards the headlight, almost directly under the power steering reservoir, there is a section where some sort of a stiffener is bolted to the body under the wheelwell. It was so corroded that there was slop in the fasteners. They were too corroded to tighten up so I soaked the area with SeaFoam and slapped on some heavy grease. No more terrible popping noise.
Not sure how old your truck is but maybe the same thing.
Anyways just thought I'd share.

Cheers,

Willy

 

You're welcome!

As I still do have a bit of noise up there, I would be interested in trying your solution.

I will take a look, but a pic would be wonderful if you could snap one. Was this only on the right side?