Polyurethane Radiator Support Mounts (Cab Also)

Good to hear!

I'm pretty sure he means what Airdog was saying below.

 

Yeah, at highway speeds the front corners of my hood would flutter a bit. It used to make me think I hadn't latched the hood all the way.
I messed with the little rubber adjustable bumpers a bit and that didn't help. I was even poking around at the latch to see if I could adjust it but nothing.

When I put these bushings in, the hood line seems to match up better at the front and for some reason I just noticed today that the hood seems rock solid at speed.

I know when I put the bushings in, I had to pry the driver side up just a little to get it in, but there was too much space on the passenger side so it slid in with 1/8" of play or so.

Not sure if things were just a little misaligned and tightening down on these rigid bushing straightened her up or what. I'm not complaining though

 

Eric, how were your old bushings?

 

they didn't look too bad honestly.
they looked fine on the outside.
I think there's two things that make them look so bad in everyones pictures.
1. the top one has a thin piece that goes through the metal hole. I'm sure that's torn within 50 miles of leaving the factory and if it isn't, it's going to tear when you take it out.
2. the metal sleeve inside gets corrosion and looks bad

There's definitely a huge difference between what's on there and what these are in material composition alone. You're replacing super soft thin rubber with a much harder solid disk.

I don't honestly know if that's bad or good. If no movement at that connection point is good, then why a bushing at all? On the other hand, the stock rubber is so soft and flimsy that I can't imagine there being much difference between having it in there or having just the inside metal sleeve.

 

Did mine today. Don't know why I waited so long!!

 

Have mine sitting in my garage. Honestly my stock ones look great at 55,000 miles. Not sure I'll get around to it anytime soon.

 

It's been mentioned many times before. The damage to the soft factory rubber bushing is on the inside. They'll be torn and stretched.

Toyota stock rubber radiator bushings are garbage.

 

Went wheeling today.
Things definitely feel tighter up front and there's a lot less noise so I'm guessing the bushing replacement solidified stuff.

 

There is still movement, as the bushing is not totally solid. The amount of give that it allows, however, is just a lot more minimal over the stock ones.

 

Exactly.

The slop allows bounce, and bounce during driving wither wheeling, OR even city driving is not a good thing at all. Right above those bushings is a very loaded down rad support holding a 50lb battery within it and some allowed bounce in time begins to bend then shortly thereafter tear the support causing all of it to sag in time. Once the support is torn though, not even the new bushings can save it from continuing to tear unfortunately.

 

How tight are y'all running these?Mine still make a lot of pops. I'm gonna lube and check the torque. What is the consensus?

 

How do you have yours installed?

I had noise when my big washer was on the bottom. It contacted the frame making knock sounds.

Also not necessary to lube the bushings. Yesterday I called Prothane and Energy Suspension, and both companies do not recommend lubing the body bushings.

 

Is there a "how to" to installing these? The radiator looks pretty straight forward, but the cab seems a bit more complicated to my old brain - I like things written out I guess you will have to pull the carpet back inside to access all the bolts?
Thanks for input,
gab

 

My quotes below may be helpful to you.

 

Have these sitting in my garage, as well as the steering rack upgraded bushings. Need to get around to installing it all one of these days.

 

Slacker.

 

I am! Totally lol. Spent a good hour last weekend reading up on the fuel pump swap and staring at the destructions until laziness kicked in and I decided to do something else lol. I need to do these, the fuel pump, the oil catch can, and take my headers to a shop. Ugh!

 

Get a smaller washer for both sides if you have to in order to avoid contact with the frame. I took my cordless impact gun and just tightened to shit until it was nice and tight, haven't thought about it since and have had zero issues.

 

Mine bushings have been f'ing outstanding since I put the big one on top.

For those that like the smaller bushing on top, I like what @AaronArf did with his. No extra washer needed.

 

Good advice. I recently bought a 1/2" cordless impact gun and I'm so impressed with how fast I can zip things apart now.