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This is the part that makes the largest difference:
Cut down the pillow block bearing for clearance to get it to float better int he firewall opening. (quick and dirty this part was)
Installed isolators and some thicker gaskets:
Glued the gaskets/weather stripping:
Installed the hats:
All installed:
I put the OEM gasket behind (under) the isolator hats. The softer door seal allows a lot of free movement. I also tweaked the hat a bit to allow the lower steering wheel position.
I wish I took a video before and after! AN enormous difference in vibration. When I first fired the truck up afterwards I thought I left something disconnected because there is absolutely no engine vibration transmitted through the steering wheel anymore. Before it was getting to be annoying, jingling my key chain violently at idle. You could see the steering wheel vibrating with about a 1/4" amplitude at idle before. Just off idle it would be perfectly smooth, but still I didn't like it at all. An additional benefit after driving the truck 400 miles last weekend is the harshness of the road it greatly diminished. Before I could feel every seam in the road through the steering, now it just glides right over it all.
Thanks for reading,
Mike
Cut down the pillow block bearing for clearance to get it to float better int he firewall opening. (quick and dirty this part was)
Installed isolators and some thicker gaskets:
Glued the gaskets/weather stripping:
Installed the hats:
All installed:
I put the OEM gasket behind (under) the isolator hats. The softer door seal allows a lot of free movement. I also tweaked the hat a bit to allow the lower steering wheel position.
I wish I took a video before and after! AN enormous difference in vibration. When I first fired the truck up afterwards I thought I left something disconnected because there is absolutely no engine vibration transmitted through the steering wheel anymore. Before it was getting to be annoying, jingling my key chain violently at idle. You could see the steering wheel vibrating with about a 1/4" amplitude at idle before. Just off idle it would be perfectly smooth, but still I didn't like it at all. An additional benefit after driving the truck 400 miles last weekend is the harshness of the road it greatly diminished. Before I could feel every seam in the road through the steering, now it just glides right over it all.
Thanks for reading,
Mike