| MrTwister |
Nov 11, 2009 07:19 AM |
When I did the body lift on mine nothing went right. The bolts run through the mounting point on the frame into a caged nut assembly in the body. This assembly is in a void between the floor and a 2-3 inch wide "rib" which runs across the vehicle side to side. On my truck 5 of the 8 mounts had the caged nut so corroded that it simply snapped the metal which formed the cage and would spin freely. To gt it out we had to cut a hole in the floor and get vice grips on to the caged nut. Some snapped which was good. We simply pulled the old nuts out and replaced them. If we were able to work the bolt out then I re-used the factory nut in that location. To rebuild the ones which snapped I put a nut and washer on the bolt. Welded the washer to the floor, then welded the nut to the washer. You are saying your bolts are super rusty? if they snap or spin free then this is what your looking at to fix it.
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