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I'm trying to piece the body mounts back together on my '68. I have an Energy Suspension kit, and in the instructions it says that out of the 7 mounting points on one side, 4, 6, and 7 all use a 1" diameter sleeve instead of the smaller 3/4" sleeve if equipped with 1" sleeves. I do not remember pulling out that many bigger sleeves. I was at the junkyard today and pulled a few mounts out of a '69 Skylark and it seems that car better fits what the instructions say.
So my questions are: What is correct usually? Can or should I just use more 1" sleeves than the smaller ones, do they fit? My kit has 6 bigger sleeve bushings, 8 smaller sleeve bushings, and 4 blank bushings. Assuming I only use 14 total mounts (unless I should put 4 mounts under the cowl), I'd have 2-4 extra mounts. Thanks. |
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ONLY THE VARY REAR MOUNTS HAVE THE SMALLER SLEEVES. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE OF THERE KITS YET THAT WAS CORRECT. GOOD LUCK..JERRY
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I pulled out even more big mounts out of the Skylark 4-door... here is what I think it is.
-The 2 core support bushings are 1" OD -The 4 firewall bushings unknown but I believe 3/4" OD... I believe there aren't any dummy mounts there -The 2 middle mounts are 3/4" OD I think, can't pull them out -The other 2 middle mounts right in front of the crossmember are dummy bushings -The 2 mounts at the rear crossmember where the shocks and springs mount are dummy mounts -The 4 rear bushings are all 1" OD. I think that means there are 6 1" OD bushings, 4 dummy bushings, and I think 6 3/4" OD bushings. Energy Suspension has a totally different setup, and I don't know if I should use the Buick configuration or ES configuration. Would using the Buick configuration hurt? |
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