Other items to round up:

• Penetrating oil (WD-40)
• Long handled breaker bar with 3/4" socket & 10" extension
• 1/2" impact wrench with 3/4" socket & 10" extension
• 1/2"-13 UNC tap
• Tube of anti-seize compound
• 100% silicon grease
• Torque wrench capable of 55 foot pounds
• Safety glasses
• Por15, Metal Prep, rubber gloves and brushes

For this step you will need the penetrating oil.  If you spray it in between the cab and the upper cup, it will get into where it needs to.  Loosening these bolts is perhaps the toughest part of this whole job.  At least if yours were like mine.

Important:  You will want to remove the bolts on one side only, and just loosen the bolts on the other side.  This helps keep the cab from shifting while you are replacing the bushings.

Keep in mind that you don't want to break these bolts off.  If you do, you will have to take the carpeting out of the cab and cut a hole in the floor the get the captive nut out and replace it with a new one.  Use lots of penetrating oil and a fair dose of patience.  Let them soak overnight if you have to.  It sure beats having to fix a broken bolt.

I used the breaker bar with a cheater pipe on it to do the initial loosening.  After they broke loose, I used the impact wrench.  A couple of times, the impact wrench stopped turning the bolts and I had to get out the breaker bar again to get past the "tough" spots.  The impact wrench definitely made this job easier.

	Location of front Cab Bushing. Driver's side is shown.  These are really easy to get to.
	Location of rear cab bushing, shown here with bolt, washer and lower bushing removed.  The rear bushings are a little tougher to get to and require using an extension on your breaker bar to reach up in there.

Step Three - Raise Your Cab:

After you get the bolts loose on one side and removed on the other side, you will want to raise the side with the bolts removed.  The method I came up with worked really well.  I have a floor jack and a bottle jack, but the jack under the hood worked perfect.  Proper placement of the jack is critical to avoid damaging any sheet metal, so pay attention to how it is placed.  Here's how I did it.

In this picture, you are looking at the driver's side door.  You can see the joint between the cab and the bed on the right side.  Notice where I positioned the jack.  You don't want to position the jack too far back or too far forward or you might kink the sheet metal between the fender and cab.  Notice the 4x4 and 2x6 blocking I used.

This picture shows how I situated a piece of 2x6 on top of the jack and used it to spread the load out across this strong section of the cab.  The gas tank and outside section of the cab pin the 2x6 in nicely so it can't shift.  Also notice how the bent up ears on the jack hold the bottom of the 2x6 from shifting.

This picture shows how much I had to raise the cab to get the front bushing out.  The rear bushing will come out at about half of this height, but you need to raise it this far to get out the front bushing.

The only thing that happened while raising the cab was this clip on the wiring near the back of the cab pulled out of the hole.  No big deal.

A Side Note:

Once I had the cab raised, I could plainly see what was causing the "popping" noise I would hear when backing out of my driveway over the curb.  The head of this bolt going down through the top of the frame was rubbing on the cab.  You can see the indentation of the head in the sheet metal.  Replacing the cab bushings solved this problem.

Step Four - Remove Your Old Bushings:

Once you have the cab raised enough, you have to push the upper "cup" up through the hole and slide it with the upper bushing out sideways between the cab and the bushing mount.  These photos show the front, but the rear works the same.  In the photo to the left, the lower bushing had to be pried loose with a screwdriver.  Apparently undercoating had glued it in place.

Here you can see the old bushings and hardware.  Note how crushed the old upper bushing was.  You can see the shiny spot on the upper cup where it was contacting the mount on the frame.

Step Five - Prepare to Install Your New Bushings:

POR15 is a great product.  It dries hard like a rock, but is flexible and won't chip.  It also neutralizes rust on contact.  It is shown here with "Metal Ready" which you spray onto the surfaces to be painted.  I found that using the disposable foam brushes like the one in the picture worked quite well.  This stuff is nasty, so wear rubber gloves when you use it.  If you get it on your skin, only time will get it off.  It takes one to two weeks for it to "wear" off.

Apply POR15 to rusted or bare metal areas according to the instructions.  You will have to let this dry overnight.  Also, run a 1/2"-13 UNC tap up through the captive nuts and blow them out with compressed air.  Notice how shiny the threads are after this.  This also makes threading the new bolts in a cinch.  You can do it with your fingers.

I had the old upper cups and shims sandblasted before painting them with POR15.  You can see them here with the new bushings, bolt and lower washer.  Note the assembly order shown.  Not all of my bushings used the square shims, so take note of which ones do and replace them like you removed them.  The shims fit directly against the cab floor.

To help prevent squeaking, liberally apply 100% silicon grease to all surfaces that will contact metal.  Apply it to the inside of the upper cup also before inserting the new bushing as shown to the right.

I would highly recommend using brand new bolts.  My old bolts had rusted away on the shaft to the point where they were unfit for service.  You should liberally apply an anti-seize compound similar to that shown to reduce rusting.  Someone may want to replace the bushings again someday.

Step Six - Install Your New Bushings:

Take the two upper cups that you have greased and inserted the upper bushings into as described above, and slide them in between the cab and frame mounts.  They should drop down through the holes in the frame mounts.  If you had a shim between the cab and upper cup, slide it in as well.  Now you want to lower the cab a little, but not enough for the cab to rest on the front upper cup.  Now put a lower bushing in a washer, and put a bolt through it.  Now start the front bolt with your fingers.  You may need to slide the upper bushing and cup around a little to find the hole.  Once you have it started, lower the cab a little more and do the same thing to the rear mount.  Once the rear bolt is started, you can let the cab down all the way and remove the jack.

Now that the cab is lowered, tighten the bolts with your fingers a little more, but leave some slack.  Now move your jack to the other side, remove those old bolts, and repeat this process from step three.  Finished already?  Now you need to torque all four bolts to 55 foot pounds.  Now that wasn't so bad was it?

Congratulations!