random spacer on body mount

[91dirtydiesel]

any one have this or know why it would be there? it makes me sit one inch higher on one side compared to the other?

how can i make it even?


right side passenger is bigger. left side, drivers side mount

 

[jperecko]

PO was a chubby-chaser and wanted the truck to ride level?

...or maybe in an accident or some kinda damage and was trying to level things out without fixing properly

<shrug>

just pull it out and see how it sits?

 

[91dirtydiesel]

That's what I was thinking. Can I take bolt out and hit the spacer out? Or require much more than that?

 

[lotzagoodstuff]

Is that spacer under the core support or some other body mount location?

 

[91dirtydiesel]

Its the one at the front of the vehicle, by the bumper, passenger side

 

[Agnem]

The factory often put shims or spacers on the body mounts to compensate for manufacturing variances in either frame or cab tolerances. In all the trucks I've worked on, I haven't found one that didn't have any at all.

 

[91dirtydiesel]

Are they supposed to make it so you lean an inch to the side when you park level? What would be a problem if I toook it off. Or what if added one to the otherside?

 

[Agnem]

I think they are there to make the door and fender line up right.

 

[91dirtydiesel]

,Ok how should I go about taking it off?

 

[bike-maker]

The steel innards to that bushing are threaded. Pull the nut off of the TOP, then grab the bushing with a big set of channel locks, and unscrew the bolt out the bottom. Do yourself a favor and drill the threads out of the bushing before putting it back together.

 

[bike-maker]

Forgot to add; start hosing it down with some kind of penetrating oil now; the longer it soaks into the threads the better.

 

[91dirtydiesel]

Ok thank you, how do I lift up the cab just a tiny bit to get it out?

 

[OLDBULL8]

Look here. This might help.

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