[00buck]

While crawling under the truck last week I noticed one of the body bushings is shot at the rear of the cab.
I did some searching and found some post on previous year model bushing replacements that mention pulling the rear seats and carpet to get the job done.
Looking at the bottom of this 2011 body bushing, it appears the bolt is threaded through the body bushing going up through the bottom.

Is replacing the bushing aa straight forward as removing the bolt, dropping the warn part, replacing with new, then rebolting?

Any links, tips or tricks to getting this done would be appreciated.

Thanks,
David


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[Steve83]

That bushing looks identical to the core-support bushings on my '80-96 trucks.



As degraded as those are, I'd change them all for Energy black polyurethane (not red). The captions in that photo album explain how.

 

[00buck]

Thanks for the link, that's helpful.
Seeing how my body is still on the frame-
Do you think I will still need to pull the rear seat and carpet to access the top nut, or will the bolt just fall out when loosened up?

 

[Steve83]

Sorry - I'm not familiar with that year range. If you can get your camera back there, and get it to focus, either you can see; or you can post the pics and we can help you figure it out.

And you might find some relevant info in the body builder's guide:
https://www.fleet.ford.com/truckbbas/topics/bodybuild.html

 

[00buck]

Sorry for the delay
Here are some more pics

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[Steve83]

I meant a pic under the rear seat - where you were asking about.

But the tab bent up into the body channel in your 2nd pic makes me think there's a captive nut in there, below the floor.

 

[00buck]

Oh, gotcha.

I'll dig under my seat and give it a look.

One of the mounts mated to a channel that dropped down from the main body line- it appeared that a slotted nut is between the body and dropped down channel. Clear as mud I bet


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