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K5 Body Mounts
Anybody know of a good source for a urethane body mount kit. Stock height, no lift. Can a truck kit be used on a Blazer? Also, is there any reason to go with a factory style rubber kit instead of the urethane?
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
I got mine from summit
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
I just installed my summit black energy suspension body mounts yesterday. Pretty easy
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
truck kits are different.
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
OE Rubber mounts are better IMO the poly ones don't flex enough and I have seen them bend the body mounts because they are so stiff. The poly ones are nice becasue they last forever and everyone makes them I got mine from Manes Truck Parts.
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
here is an energy suspension kit layed out from front to back (right-left)
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
i GOT MINE FROM SUMMIT ALSO... 1ST mod I did to my blazer..
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
They list 2wd & 4 wd different. Anyone know the difference? Will the 4x4 kit work on my 2wd?
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
What did that Energy Susp kit cost??
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
Wow, that's a good price. All the vendors around here have them for $200
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
I checked out lmc for body mounts for my blazer for the 2wd swap, they list for a c 5 blazer is this how I need to ask for parts when refering to this blazer cause after reading some of this forum I thought all 69-72 blazers where k5. also I contacted energy suspension and prothane and they either don' make body mounts for 2wd k 5's or the reps that I spoke to doesn't know what there talking about. Please inlighten me.
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
I still haven't purchased a mount kit. I am kinda second-guessing myself on getting the polyurethane parts. Would I be better off going with OE rubber? I am interested in highway comfort and some offroading as well, but I doubt I will ever be extremely rough on the truck.
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
I did the poly swap YEARS ago and they are still working great. I think the poly will outlast rubber by a long shot. The key to installing poly mounts is NOT to overtighten the bolt. If you squeese poly it won't felx. I used nylon locking nuts to prevent the semi-snug bolts from comming loose.
I remember when I first swapped in the poly mounts my rig was WAY WAY smoother down the road and off roading too..ALOT less flex noise and road noise.... This was one of the very first mods i did cuz come to find out after I bought my rig only 5 out of the 12 mounts were actually connected to the frame ![]()
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
I used a 4wd poly mount kit on my 2wd. I dont really know what the difference would be. seemed to fit perfectly everywhere.
I got mine from Kenny's truck parts in Tulsa. the brand was Prothane and it was considerably cheaper than the Energy Suspension kit. |
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
You won't find grade 8 carrage bolts...welll I guess I should say I could not find grade 8 carrage bolts. Ya know the bolts with a flat head..anyway I remember I had to make a couple of trips to get all the correct bolts and one of my bolt holes didnot hold the carrage bolt anylonger as it was wollowed out so I used a grade 8 bolt with larger washer to keep it from pulling thru the floor.
REMEBER don't over tighten the nuts to the point it squeeses the poly, poly won't flex if too tight. I remember getting all the mounts loose and then used a small bottle jack at each mount location to slightly lift the body so I could slide in the new hardware.. to this day all is still inplace and have had zero issues with them. Good Luck and Happy Holidays! Burt
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
Heck, you could have tightened them with a fits all, when you had it laying on its' side . When wsa that, summer???j/k J.
I don't know why I'm putting in these patch panels, I know it's going over
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
Just got done removing my body mounts,Installed the new polly ones and will be installing the bolts tomorrow in my 1972 Blazzer,Some lessons learned for me were;
1. Order new bolts,half mine broke or were rusted to the old spacers. 2. I used a 5 inch grinder to grind off the heads of the carrige bolts and then used a punch to knock them on through, grind the heads carefully until you think they are thin enough,hit them a good lick in the middle. If they do not move grind a little more, this will keep a stuck nut from ripping out the square part on top. 3. And the final lesson learned was block,chock and set the emergency brake prior to jacking the Drivers side of the body, especialy if your drive way is slanted like mine, the 6 inch lift and the tree killer bumper are about two inches higher on my Blazer than my 02 F-150, and luckily it was only four inches away so there was not a lot of momentum,(no damage to either) I finally found something the FORD is good for! your body will move enough to kick the transmission out of gear DA!! and yes I am an idiot! I will post some pictures as soon as I remember to Bring my camera with the pictures home from work. The newbie trying to learn from everybody elses mistakes. |
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
Yeah I was wondering when you were going to put those things on. I was thinking that you thought they looked better in the box and didn't want to get them dirty or something.
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
I have the bolts on order,I will give you some specifics when they get here. I tried to get some locally but my local bolt vender could not find any unless I ordered a case of them(25) and I just could not find a use for them all. I used the prothane kit wich is what LMC sends when you order their pollyurethane kit,you can find it cheaper else where I believe.I do know you have like 5 different sizes of bolts, 4 1/2, 5 1/2 and like 9 1/2 all of these are 3/8 thread the bolts in the floor board area wich are 5/8 I believe and then the radiator mounts, I have not removed the radiator ones yet because best I can tell I will have to remove the radiator. hope to work on this over the weekend.
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
No, you shouldn't have to remove the radiator. I just did mine, and was able to do it without removing it.
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Re: K5 Body Mounts
That would be great if I do not have to! After all the excitement of last weekend I had enough for one day and did not look at it real good. I hope to work on it some this weekend.Thanks for the tip!
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