Bought prothane body mount kit

[kickstand]

Bought prothane body mount kit PN#7-110-BL for my 90 K5. What I got looks good but there is no directions on which mount goes where and how they go. Also it didn't come with any bolts or sleeves, except for 2 and a bunch of washers. So needless to say I am a little lost. So if anyone has some pointers or pictures or directions it would be great!

 

[sweetk30]

98% of body bushing kits dont come with bolts / cups / or factory hardware .

read the directions there should be part #'s molded in them and directions should tell what positions .

 

[kickstand]

Like I said theres no directions or anything telling me where which one goes where. Most of them are the same size but there are a few small ones, which I think might go in the front and rear, but not sure. Also there are no bolts in the kits there are only washers.

 

[sweetk30]

forgot 1 word sorry . 98% DONT include hardware .

and call them up .

but can tell ya bigest 4 on trucks go to cab . somtimes 2 for core support are tiny bit diffrent hight . then rest for rear of blazer bed area .

but i use energy suspension my self and thay have part #'s and directions .

 

[kickstand]

forgot 1 word sorry . 98% DONT include hardware .

and call them up .

but can tell ya bigest 4 on trucks go to cab . somtimes 2 for core support are tiny bit diffrent hight . then rest for rear of blazer bed area .

but i use energy suspension my self and thay have part #'s and directions .

Oh ok...sorry. So what, I guess I use the old hardware? Which I doubt that I will be able to use most of it. I already took the rear body mounts out by cutting them out because of the rust. I looked on the Prothane website but it sucks and everything is generalized. I should have went with energy suspension but bought the prothane because it was cheaper. Thank you sweetk30 for your help!

 

[dremu]

I recently replaced the body mounts on my K5 with a poly set, and yeah, the directions were crap and didn't match the hardware I had particularly well.

Note that my truck is a bit different than yours, being older, so the specifics of my situation aren't useful to you.

But as a general case, I ended up printing out the directions for every brand I could find, and was eventually able to puzzle out which mount went where, from which I could then deduce which bolt went where. It was further complicated because I'd bought a body lift at the same time, so the vendor sent me a pile of pucks, hardware, and the poly bits all in one box.

I seem to recall Energy's instructions having good pictures, so you might start there...

http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/Installation_Instructions/Energy_Suspension/17068.pdf

Once you sort out where the bits go, anticipate going to the hardware store and buying a bunch of bolts in various lengths. Pretty sure they're all 1/2"-13, i.e. coarse thread.

HTH.

-- A

 

[sweetk30]

fyi next time look here for others who find this in a search

1" body lift with hardware http://www.offroaddesign.com/catalog/oneinchlift.htm

and body mount kit http://www.offroaddesign.com/catalog/bodymounts.htm

if doing all this a 1" body lift will make working on truck SO MUCH BETTER later down the road.

 

[bigred88]

Why does a 1" body lift make working on it easier? I've never had a body lift on mine, and never seen and inspected one that did to compare, so I'm just curious what it helps with.

 

[K85 Octane]

just makes it easier to get to things under the truck, spaces the body up from the trans,motor, t case, frame, and all that other stuff I find myself always working on

 

[82355]

That's why I went with a OEM style rubber kit from LMC. Came with all of the hardware and looked identical to the factory stuff, so no instructions required.

Martin

 

[Snoozer]

Last summer, I replaced my mounts with an Energy kit. I had to search online for a while before I found good instructions.
But even the instructions weren't full of pictures, just descriptions with part numbers. I eventually "put the puzzle together". I still ended up putting some in upside down, at first. And be careful, because I had 4 of the big "pucks" look the same, but they were pairs with two different part numbers, and they went in different locations.

I also vote that you should call Prothane and bend their ears for some instructions to be emailed to you.

 

[bigred88]

just makes it easier to get to things under the truck, spaces the body up from the trans,motor, t case, frame, and all that other stuff I find myself always working on

That makes sense.

 

[kickstand]

Thank you for all your help guys, I really appreciate it. I will try to remember to document what I do so maybe I can help the next guy with Prothane body mounts.

And the 1" body lift sounds like a great idea, what kit do you guys recommend?

 

[kickstand]

fyi next time look here for others who find this in a search

1" body lift with hardware http://www.offroaddesign.com/catalog/oneinchlift.htm

and body mount kit http://www.offroaddesign.com/catalog/bodymounts.htm

if doing all this a 1" body lift will make working on truck SO MUCH BETTER later down the road.

That looks like a good kit, thanks!

 

[82355]

I used the ORD kit. It also came with all of the hardware.

Martin