02 Z71 Skid Plate

[02Z71Raven]

A couple of years ago, I was working on my Tahoe and had removed my skid plates. Can't remember why, but I found that these rubber bushings for the plate were really deteriorated, so being the confident genius I am, I threw them away and said to myself "self, you can buy these later".
Jump forward to last week, I decide it's time to put the plates back on and now I have no idea where to get these rubber bushings.
Anybody got a lead on these or am I shopping for a new skid plate?

 

[exp500]

Try a quick search for GM Parts, you will find a few that you enter your vin to get part number. Post up results if you need more help.

 

[02Z71Raven]

Try a quick search for GM Parts, you will find a few that you enter your vin to get part number. Post up results if you need more help.

Tried that for quite some time, no luck. I found several like mine but they don't clearly state that they're for my specific truck and the don't say what the bushing numbers are.

 

[02Z71Raven]

It covers the oil pan I believe. The bolts that go in those two larger holes on the left had large rubber bushings they set in to. Those are the ones I need.

 

[02Z71Raven]

My best guess is that 4 - 8 are what I need, but it's just not clear to me and I can't find the pn's for them.

 

[OR VietVet]

Post the last 8 digits of your VIN and hopefully @915_Tahoe will see it and respond with part #'s. He would not be at work till tomorrow to see to try and help.

Did you try any salvage yards?

 

[Doubeleive]

ACDelco Parts

 

[915_Tahoe]

A couple of years ago, I was working on my Tahoe and had removed my skid plates. Can't remember why, but I found that these rubber bushings for the plate were really deteriorated, so being the confident genius I am, I threw them away and said to myself "self, you can buy these later".
Jump forward to last week, I decide it's time to put the plates back on and now I have no idea where to get these rubber bushings.
Anybody got a lead on these or am I shopping for a new skid plate?

Bushings are not serviceable, part of skid plate

 

[02Z71Raven]

Bushings are not serviceable, part of skid plate

Grrrr. Thanks for the info. I suspected that may be the case.
I've taken all the measurements and looked at a couple of ways to substitute with other options. It's really just a matter of getting it secured and having the rubber to allow it to flex if hit.
I'll post what I come up with here for anyone else who may run into this problem in the future.

 

[02Z71Raven]

Post the last 8 digits of your VIN and hopefully @915_Tahoe will see it and respond with part #'s. He would not be at work till tomorrow to see to try and help.

Did you try any salvage yards?

I was offline for a few days and didn't see your post. Thanks for pulling him in. Bad news, but at least it saved me from spending anymore time searching for them. I haven't seen any in the local yards I go to, but hadn't really been looking for used ones. I guess I am now if I cant come up with anything better.

 

[OR VietVet]

I was thinking you could take some old style upper shock bushings and trim them and add washers as needed. They have a 3/8" hole in the center of them. Get the sharp knife ready and don't cut yourself.

 

[02Z71Raven]

That AC Delco link is super fun. Thank you!

 

[02Z71Raven]

I was thinking you could take some old style upper shock bushings and trim them and add washers as needed. They have a 3/8" hole in the center of them. Get the sharp knife ready and don't cut yourself.

Good idea. I was thinking along the same lines. Maybe just look through some different ones at the junkyard and see if I can find anything that fits or can be easily modified. Just need to get it bolted up well enough for it to stay on there. I found some on Amazon that may work also.

Oh, and I'm definitely going to cut myself. If I didn't have scars from working on cars, I wouldn't have nearly as many as I do.

 

[OR VietVet]

If you want easy and new, you can get those bushings at auto parts stores in the HELP line or some other line they use. Inexpensive.

 

[02Z71Raven]

I ended up using these rubber isolators and they're very squishy. We'll see if they hold up against the elements but they definitely worked to get it reinstalled.

 

[02Z71Raven]

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[02Z71Raven]

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[02Z71Raven]

Bottom

 

[Rocket Man]

Bushings are not serviceable, part of skid plate

@915_Tahoe do you have the p/n for the skid plate?

 

[Sparksalot]

Bushings are not serviceable, part of skid plate

Yikes. Dunno what one for the nbs costs. The plate nnbs is over $400.