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For 1990-2009 cars only
Makes 🢒 Generic 🢒 2006 🢒 Unit Repair 🢒 Engine 🢒 Engine Mechanical - 3.8L 🢒 Drivetrain and Front Suspension Frame Rear Insulator Replacement

Removal Procedure

    Important: When installing a body mount, ensure the lower insulator is seated into the frame. The lower insulator should not be loose. The spacer and the corresponding upper insulator is pressed into the lower insulator thus squeezing the frame. The bolt is then inserted through the mount, capturing the lower retainer. The body mount components prevent contact of the frame to the body.

    Do not over tighten the body mount. Over tightening may collapse a spacer or strip a bolt. When the frame insulator bolts are removed, always discard the bolts and replace with new bolts.

    When clamping by the mount, ensure the surfaces are clean and dry. If the frame insulator bolt does not screw in smoothly, run a tap through the frame crossmember nut in the body in order to remove foreign material. Ensure the tap does not punch through the underbody.

  1. Raise and suitably support the vehicle. Refer to Lifting and Jacking the Vehicle .
  2. Remove the frame. Refer to Frame Replacement .

    3. Object Number: 1208437 Size: SH
  3. Remove the upper and lower insulators from the rear of the frame as a set.

Installation Procedure

    Object Number: 1208437 Size: SH
  1. Apply a thin coat of rubber lubricant GM P/N 01051717 (Canadian P/N 12345884) or equivalent to the inside surface of lower insulator and to top surface of upper insulator.
  2. Install the upper and lower insulators to the rear of the frame as a set.
  3. Install the frame. Refer to Frame Replacement .
  4. Lower the vehicle.