Body mount popping

[rsm688]

Okay guys well I have pretty much eliminated all my noises on my H3 except what I am pretty sure is the body mounts popping. I can hear it in the front and rear depending on what kind of bumps I hit and it almost sounds like popcorn popping. I sprayed silicon spray on them all which helped a tiny bit but not much. I saw a thread where someone used rubber washers under the lower bushings to add pre-load to the upper bushings as apparently there is not enough pre-load which is what causes the noise.

Has anyone on here done this and had good results, or found any other cure to the problem? I was either thinking nylon washers or either just cut like 1/3" off each of the bolts so I can tighten them down more to increased the pre-load without needing a washer in there.


Thanks,
Spencer

 

[ReconH3]

http://www.hummer4x4offroad.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1017

Follow this thread. I'm about to do this.

"Ex Umbris Venimus"

 

[rsm688]

Thanks ReconH3, yeah that's the thread I saw. What are you planning on using to make your washers out of or are you going to buy some?

Also, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to put the rubber washer underneath the metal washer by the bolt head and have the factory mount up against the frame

 

[ReconH3]

I'm going to do the same the original poster did. Some form of rubber and get a hole saw in the size mentioned in the post. We have a rubber specialist out here near my house, so I'll ask their advice on the type to get since they have many variations.


"Ex Umbris Venimus"