Body Mount Frame Bracket

kayden101 · March 14, 2011

Searched and cant find what i need, just a bunch of infomation about body bushing isolators

Short story is that the truck was on a dirt road to feed some cattle when there was a loud bang on the bottom. Wasnt going no more then 5mph. didnt hear anything odd till we got back on the pavement and now there is a rubbing noise everytime the cab shifts.

looked under the truck and the body mount bracket (under the driver door) is completely cracked and bent. the weld broke where its welded to the frame and it bent in a little. the bolt and bushing appear to be ok but i have not took it off yet.

I do know i am going to need a new frame cab bracket that holds the bushing to the cab. looked a 3 salvage yards and none have the newer style trucks yet.

My question; is there anywhere I can buy a new frame bracket for the cab and just weld it on. if not. what year trucks had the same frame bracket. Thank you !!!

08 ext cab silverado 5.3

Autonut · March 14, 2011

Searched and cant find what i need, just a bunch of infomation about body bushing isolators

Short story is that the truck was on a dirt road to feed some cattle when there was a loud bang on the bottom. Wasnt going no more then 5mph. didnt hear anything odd till we got back on the pavement and now there is a rubbing noise everytime the cab shifts.

looked under the truck and the body mount bracket (under the driver door) is completely cracked and bent. the weld broke where its welded to the frame and it bent in a little. the bolt and bushing appear to be ok but i have not took it off yet.

I do know i am going to need a new frame cab bracket that holds the bushing to the cab. looked a 3 salvage yards and none have the newer style trucks yet.

My question; is there anywhere I can buy a new frame bracket for the cab and just weld it on. if not. what year trucks had the same frame bracket. Thank you !!!

Is the truck still under warranty? If so, take it back to a dealer. If not, the dealer should be able to get you one.

kayden101 · March 14, 2011

Is the truck still under warranty? If so, take it back to a dealer. If not, the dealer should be able to get you one.

its physcial damage, probally a rock that hit it. ill post a pic when i get home. its not like something just broke off, so i dont think the dealer would warrenty something like that. I have looked on 3 gm-parts websites, and none show that part for sale.

kayden101 · March 14, 2011

This is the frame bracket the broke and that i needed replaced. Or if anyone has an idea of what i can do for this. Tired of all the noise its given out. but it goes away with PB blaster on it.

Below is where it cracked

Another pic. Its bent up pretty decent. The Bolt comes out easly and the bushing itself is not moved.

8.1HD/ALLISON · March 14, 2011

I doubt you can order a frame mount. I would say the frame will only come as a whole unit. I would look into a local metal fab shop. It can't be that hard to have them weld somthing in.

Autonut · March 14, 2011

I agree with 8.1HD/ALLISON after seeing the pictures. Maybe a bodyshop that does frame repairs.

cbsaf · March 14, 2011

Take it back to the dealer if it is still under warranty and just see what they say. I'd take it back if it had less than 100,000 miles. You said it yourself that you were not going more than 5 mph and that's using a truck. It is not like you were abusing it by running a Baja race. It shouldn't break like this when driving slowly through a field or dirt road.

Highland416 · March 14, 2011

It looks like the side rail step bracket is now touching the frame bracket...I bet that is where your noise is coming from.

Since the bracket is welded to the frame, you can't order just the bracket, so take the step off and take it to a body shop with a frame machine. Let them pull it back into alignment and weld the bracket. Put the step back on, making sure the bracket and step don't touch and get back to feeding your cattle.

The other option is to swap frames which seems a little excessive!