# Replacing body mounts on a 99 Dodge Dakota

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-body-mounts-on-a-99-dodge-dakota/75022>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dakota, dodge\
**Created:** [October 17, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-body-mounts-on-a-99-dodge-dakota/75022 "2012-10-17T06:02:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![NormN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@NormN](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NormN)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-body-mounts-on-a-99-dodge-dakota/75022/1 "2012-10-17T06:02:13Z")

</div>

The body mounts on my 99 Dodge Dakota extended cab 4X are rusting.  
Can this be done as DIY without a lift?  
If so, what’s involved?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-body-mounts-on-a-99-dodge-dakota/75022/2 "2012-10-17T09:52:42Z")

</div>

The mounts are rubber, that doesn’t rust…If the metal parts laminated to the rubber are rusting, I bet plenty of other parts are rusting too, like the sheet-metal pads they are bolted to…The nuts on the mounting studs will probably have to be cut off with a grinder or torch…Then the body has to be lifted far enough off the frame to get enough room to replace the mounts…Are you sure you want to get into this??

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![NormN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@NormN](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NormN)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-body-mounts-on-a-99-dodge-dakota/75022/3 "2012-10-19T05:36:17Z")

</div>

Thanks Caddyman; that answers my question - its not a DIY opportunity.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/replacing-body-mounts-on-a-99-dodge-dakota/75022/4 "2012-10-19T07:44:00Z")

</div>

I needed a couple on my Riviera. I had it at an old guys Bear shop that had been doing front end work and alignments since I was a kid. He got the job done but said it took some welding, and two of them with a big ole impact driver. The nuts that the bolt goes into just kept turning on them. I think it cost me $140 plus the mounts. No way I’d attempt it myself.