onthefritz
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- 2001 Ford X Sport 2WD
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Included is a documented write up on how to change the Rear Body Mount Upper/Lower Bushings, based on Skryllas instructions, with some extra details from my experience. (thanks skrylla)
Needed Items:
replacement parts
basic tools (wrenches, socket set)
wd40
2 jacks
wood (1 long 2x4,r andom thin pieces)
multiple blocks
Sawz All (I rented mine $25 for the day)
2 blades for cutting metal
Pre-soak the bolts in wd4
My buddy and I first started by pulling back the interior carpet in the rear. Just pop off the center plastic trim.
The mount bolts take some strength to remove but came out clean. We slightly jacked up the body from the ground, to get some room to work. We then started to bust apart the stock mounts. After an hour of trying and no luck, we decided to rent a sawz all and just lop off the under sides. We highly suggest this as it will save you lots of time trying to separate the stock upper/lower mounts.
When we finished cutting the bottom portions of the mounts we lowered the jacks to reposition them and separate the body from the frame to insert the new mounts. To do that, we put a 2x4 across the leaf springs with cement blocks on the ground under it for support. Shimmy small pieces of wood in between the 2x4 and leaf springs to keep the 2x4 balanced/level on the springs. We didnt hear any weird sounds other than the wood cracking when raising the body, but we kept building up support blocks under the 2x4 just in case. Once we got enough room, we removed the old upper mounts and put in the new ones. Add the lower mounts and tightened the bolts in slightly. Just enough to keep it together so when you lower the jack's, the body can settle back into place some. We then finished tightening the bolts.
No need to loosen these.
These are the old parts that I removed. The corroded one just fell apart when we raised the body slightly.
Hope this helps any others who want to get this fixed or do it yourself. Definitely allow yourself at least 3 hours. It took us 4 hrs. We then decided to do the front shocks since we were in repair mode...
Included is a documented write up on how to change the Rear Body Mount Upper/Lower Bushings, based on Skryllas instructions, with some extra details from my experience. (thanks skrylla)
Needed Items:
replacement parts
basic tools (wrenches, socket set)
wd40
2 jacks
wood (1 long 2x4,r andom thin pieces)
multiple blocks
Sawz All (I rented mine $25 for the day)
2 blades for cutting metal
Pre-soak the bolts in wd4
My buddy and I first started by pulling back the interior carpet in the rear. Just pop off the center plastic trim.
The mount bolts take some strength to remove but came out clean. We slightly jacked up the body from the ground, to get some room to work. We then started to bust apart the stock mounts. After an hour of trying and no luck, we decided to rent a sawz all and just lop off the under sides. We highly suggest this as it will save you lots of time trying to separate the stock upper/lower mounts.
When we finished cutting the bottom portions of the mounts we lowered the jacks to reposition them and separate the body from the frame to insert the new mounts. To do that, we put a 2x4 across the leaf springs with cement blocks on the ground under it for support. Shimmy small pieces of wood in between the 2x4 and leaf springs to keep the 2x4 balanced/level on the springs. We didnt hear any weird sounds other than the wood cracking when raising the body, but we kept building up support blocks under the 2x4 just in case. Once we got enough room, we removed the old upper mounts and put in the new ones. Add the lower mounts and tightened the bolts in slightly. Just enough to keep it together so when you lower the jack's, the body can settle back into place some. We then finished tightening the bolts.
No need to loosen these.
These are the old parts that I removed. The corroded one just fell apart when we raised the body slightly.
Hope this helps any others who want to get this fixed or do it yourself. Definitely allow yourself at least 3 hours. It took us 4 hrs. We then decided to do the front shocks since we were in repair mode...
