When replacing K5 body mounts should I loosen the bolts on the opposite side that I'm replacing? I'm going to lift and replace one side at the time. I wonder if I need to loosen all the mounts on the opposite sides of the K5 before lifting.
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Replacing body mounts
- Thread starter wazzabie
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Thats what I do.
Did you find the the opposite side of the body shifted on you when you lifted the K5? Also do you lift the one side evenly?
It doesnt shift much. I use a length of 4x6 between the jack and the body and jack it up just high enough to get the mounts swapped out.
Thanks. When you lifted one side did you lift the entire side up evenly? It would take multiple floor jacks?
If I remember right, one jack in the middle tilted the whole side up. My memory isnt the greatest though!
Chock the wheels. My K10 popped out of gear when I lifted the drivers side.
If you place the 4x6 dunage and jack correctly it will lift the whole side nicely - keep in mind as said earlier only raise it enough to slip the mounts in so it doesn’t over abuse the other side.
Great advice. Because you dont want the parking brake set so the cable will let the body lift easier
