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Old Jul 23, 2013 | 05:57 PM
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While I've been messing around with my brake issue I have inspected my body mounts and they are all cracked up as usual. Can you replace one mount at a time without removing the body from the frame?
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I just replaced mine on a 1980. I just loosened all 8 of them and raised one side of the body just enough the slide the old ones out and the new ones In. And then do the other side the same way.Not that bad of a job.
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What location did you use to lift the body and was it with a jack? Is that including the front as well?
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I took the piece of trim that's under the door off. And placed a piece of 2X4 along the bottom of the body and raised it with Jack. It will lift the whole side of the car.
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No cracking or nothing?? So you did the very front one as well?
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No cracking or nothing?? So you did the very front one as well?
No cracking. Here are the locations of my bushings.
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Thank you very much for the illustration. Did you have to soak then down first and wait a day or so?
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Thank you very much for the illustration. Did you have to soak then down first and wait a day or so?
All of mine came out pretty easy except for the number 1 I snapped the
bolt in half.
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When you bought the kit does it comes with new bolts and did you go back with stock rubber or urethane?
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No it did not come with the bolts. And I went with the urethane.
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