Glad to hear you like them Kyle. I have a set sitting in my closet along
with about 15 other things I have to put on the truck when she gets outta
the paint shop.
Greg Conner
1996 RC
3.9 hybrid
>From: "Kyle Vanditmars" <kylevan@telus.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: DML: Poly Cab Mounts
>Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 19:27:56 -0700
>
>Well, I put in the Energy Suspension polyurethane cab mounts that I
>purchased a while back into my '92 RC today. Everything went fairly
>straightforward. Soaked the living daylights out of the old bushings with
>a
>penetrating solvent/oil, and let them sit for about 30 mins, then shot them
>again liberally and started wrenching. The most difficult part of the
>entire install was the mounts at the very front. You need to use a punch
>to
>get them out, as my rubber mallet wouldn't fit, unless you could shrink it
>to itty-bitty proportions. Anyway, when I punched the bushing out, the
>bloody things left a rusty metal sleeve in the hole, so you need to whack
>that out with a chunk of wood and a hammer, and some prying from above.
>
>Results? Well, you feel the idle more in the cab, which is kinda fun.
>Body
>roll does seem to be reduced, and the truck just overall has a much firmer
>feeling to it. Based on this, I think a complete polyurethane suspension
>rebuild is going to be somewhere down the line for my truck. Right after
>all the other zillion things on my list. :-|
>
>One tip... wear eye protection... There is a LOT of crud that comes out of
>the buggers when you disassemble them, particularly punching out the front
>bushings, and iron oxide dust in the eyes is NO FUN.
>
>
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