Cab

[Hardus]

Hi there, hope you guys can help. Between the suspension and the cab on my truck, are rubbers. What is the correct name for them and can I make it myself?

[layedout72]

body mounts. Its between the cab and a piece that extends off the frame. The piece of rubber and the bolt and the pece coming off the frame are all part of the body mount.

[FORDification]

There's no reason you couldn't make them yourself. I've heard of folks who have cut pieces from the sidewall of an old tire and then stacked them up to the proper height, and others who decided they wanted solid mounts and used actual hockey pucks. Of course, if you're wanting those insulators to be shock-absorbing, you're going to need to make sure it's not a hard rubber in there...it needs to give a little to absorb vibration, otherwise you're going to feel them in the cab. The seat will absorb a lot of those, but your feet resting on the floorpans will definitely feel vibrations.

[SmokeyBear]

I found an industrial supply store nearby that sells rubber in rolls that are an inch thick x 8 inches wide. I bought 5 feet of it and used a hole saw to cut out a bunch of "donuts" for a jeep project I did. It worked out perfectly. The rubber was originally designed as a sidewall for a conveyor belt in coalmines.