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That clunking was driving me crazy on my 06 cat eye...Does the torsion bar slide in and out of the bushing? I C clamp mine to the frame rail ( rusty as hellO) It takes away the clunk for a while but; it fails after a couple months...

Thank you for the video---very helpful. My only questions is this: What are you able to rivet too? My nearly call of mine is rusted out so I won't have much to rivet too unless there is another solid piece under there to weld to? I actually have a 2014 Silverado Extended Cab.

Thanks for the video. I live near Boston and as you can imagine our winters are full of snow and salt. Have the same exact issue. I found your video to be the most beneficial and I’m sure I can tackle this with ease. Thank you for sharing and saving me some $$$. I am confident this type of repair will hold up here in New England for as long as I need it to.

I did this repair today on my 1999 regular cab short bed. Took me around 5 hours. I replaced the rear shocks too. It took me so long because I'm old and wore out. Thanks for the walk through. Definitely made it easier. No more THUMP!.

Where can I buy the glue from?

If you use ENERGY SUSPENSION P/N 31143G then you don't have to remove the bracket, just change out the bushing. Way less work.

Bruh… use diluted dawn power wash… best ever spray the entire car use a water hose fan sprayer and the entire car will shine and remove everything except paint and clear coat and you don’t have to run or buff the car

How loud is this vs stock if you’re starting it up at 4:30 in the morning 😂

Decent how to ….but struggled … also get a real impact lol

What bolts did you use for the rivits

The function of a Torsion bar is to direct force to another location. In this case...rivets. Who at GM could have seen this coming.

You sure had a lot of trust in that jack had me nervous for your fingers but thanks for the video i bet that's my problem right there

Dear Sirs, What year are you dealing with and or what Years are afflicted by this problem ? I have a 2020 3500 L5P and suspect it could be this or the intermediate steering link, "Upper".

Nice simple video. thanks for showing this.

Was this thumping when you start or stop. But not when moving?

This looks like the best way to do it, for a do-it-yourselfer. I've looked at a number of other approaches.🙂

But the driver side though!!!

I just cranked my torsion keys on my truck 3 weeks later I’m having a thumping noise under driver side floor board. Wonder if this is what it is! Did the thumping come and go?

with your video, I figured out what my issue was, thanks!

and the reason you had to trim it is because those are made to lap under the cab corners which wouldve ideally been replaced at the same time with no trimming

Lol I bet this is exactly how a body shop would do it lol

The issue is, rust is “cancer” so when you leave that cancer present, it continues to spread. All you did was cover it up. You should have cut out all that rust first before covering it up.

This won’t help with smoke? My 2001 Chevy smokes sometimes on a startup but sometimes it doesn’t.

Nice repair, But not to sure if it would pass Inspection in all States, I know It would never pass Vermont State Inspection. But for intent and purposes It is a nice clean good looking repair. Good Job. 👍

Great video and thank you. Mine has been bad for years, and after seeing this I decided to switch it out. It took all of 5 minutes and no dimmer issues anymore!

hmm, I always thought it was a 325, anyhow it's a 5.3 (5300). The coil packs/Bracket , he should have just taken that off first as a unit...as we see he removed it for reinstallation of cover! Also, you should have got the Felpro kit with the gaskets for the cover bolts and replaced them as well...as old as it is (and you did have oil leaks!) why would you reuse those old bolt gaskets?? Good vid gentlemen!

You are living right if that nut came off that easily. Amen.

Good video. Easy to follow. Am doing the same thing to my 2000 GMC. Thanks.

Rustoleom oil based paint works great too

Hi Joey 8m tryin t9 trouble shoot my 06 frontier it runs fine in the city . But when im goin up hill on a highway past 3000 rpm i lose power an will stall an wont g8ve it gas when pressin on the gas had to get er towed home because it wouldnt start but next day it fired roght up lime nothing happened would you be able to shed some light plz n thnx

Cool ill giver a go thnx for takin the time to share the video

I just replaced my 07 rockers and cab corners. What a pain… I wound up cutting all the old out, oil sprayed the inner rockers and welded the new stuff. I was a little extra particular and overall, I spend four solid days. Again, cut out the old, oil sprayed, installed the new. I applied chip guard on the entire bottom half. I hope it lasts a while… what a crappy design by GM.

Would it be good to soak it with anti rust oil with a garden pressure sprayer before closing it?

Thanks for the great video. I have a 99 Silverado 1500 and I suspect I have this problem as well. I assume there are two of these torsion bar mounts, one on each side. Is that correct? And if so, is the part interchangeable to fit both sides or are two different part numbers needed? Thanks!

Should have pulled the fender to put it in behind.

Expert Video! Do I use Bad liner if I am going to paint the rocker with factory color?

Good video. It really shows the do it yourself guy a good repair for a common problem with Silverados.

I have a single clunk on my truck when I go over the crest of a hill or some side of the truck drops lower than the other side. Kinda wondering if this is my problem.

Hello, can you tell me plis what type of glue you use, what is the name of the glue? Thank you!

9/16 Self drilling flat pan heads or even regular pan heads work great too, I did my rocker panels on my 01 durango, I just used black coil stock I had laying around...:) ... I have a cat eye silverado, with the same problems...But, i think, I'll just use a body filler with hardener...

Just saying, I’d recommend removing the bezel completely. Reduce the risk of breaking it 🤷🏽‍♂️

Planning on doing this with my 04

nice repair. I'll try to copy your work on my GMC.

The only other thing I would suggest is using great stuff (expandable) foam inside the rockers.the benefits to doing that are strength, integrity and to keep some crap out of there.if your not going the patch panel method for a whole rocker it gives you a foundation to use fiberfill..rookies out there like me..DO NOT use Bondo anywhere.it just isn't meant for this use fiberfill.It's a million times stronger will last and the only issue it's working time is fairly fast.you got about ten mins..usually a little less actually.good luck everyone.

Yep! You found it. As you said, the Engineers who design stuff like this should be made to fix a few of them!

If you're gonna do it weld it

Since these companies usually are not paying for sponsorship, I have gone through my videos before uploading and blurred out the logos! (I usually purposely try to not have any advertising in the background - I know, there is a name for this type of personality, LOL!) Anyways, thanks for the video as I am building on my knowledge before I tackle my first rocker panels, on our Ford Flex! (Not gonna be straight forward)

Wow beautiful job I just picked up a truck same truck that needs the same both sides

What about the front? Is it the same?

excellent video what type of glue did you use. thanks