Hello, I need help and if its possible photos to restrore the bed of my truck. The space between the sills is? And one another question the brackets of the shock absorber are higher then the sills on the frame, what's wrong? For remember I have a 3600 modell Ask Wolfgang
The shock towers have room above the frame under the floor. Move the crossmembers(sills) up one hole and it should clear.
Spacer blocks, how large? Hello I had found in another forum the technical drawing how to mount the bed. My question is which size does the spacer block (No. 4) have? Ask Wolfgang
Wolfgang Someone on here said they got the bed at the height they wanted it, and then cut spacers to fit. Other than that, I'm sure someone will chime in with the exact size. If my bed was done, I could tell you. However, it is not.
In a perfect world! The spacers are 2 1/4 in. With that said, don't believe that to be gospel. What you want is for the bed to be parallel to the running boards and the splash apron. You may have to add or subtract to achieve that.
They come 2 1/4, but mine liked 1 7/8"....Don't ask me to convert to metric. I bought a 2x2x48" oak block from Lowe's and cut to size. I then soaked them in oil for a few days.
How to fix this rear cross member? Hello, and now something completly different, one question. How should I fix this rear cross member on the frame? Does the bolt goes through the hole cross member and what kind of bolt (Photo 1) should I use, a six edge bolt. Where does the cross member on photo 2 sit. In which direction must the arm show, to the rear or to the front. Ask Wolfgang
Don't know bout that arm, but the 1st pic is the rear sill for the bed. It has a rubber pad between it and the frame and lines up with the last holes in the rear of the frame.
All of the bed mounting bolts go through the bed wood, through the crossmember and any wooden spacer block and then through the top flange of the frame rail. They are carriage bolts (rounded head with a square section at the top of the shank). There are special eccentric washers with square holes off centre that are recessed into the wood. The eccentric washers keep the bolt from turning while you tighten up the hex nut on the bottom. You can buy new bolts from our host and others. A tip if you use stainless steel bolts: Don't also use stainless nuts. They will weld themselves together and never come off again. I have an outboard motor in that situation at the moment. My crossmembers have the bolt holes on both sides of the channel. It looks like one of yours has an offset that allows the crossmember to sit either ahead or behind the corresponding bolt holes in the side panel of the bed. You should be able to tell how it fits by measuring the hole locations in the bed sides and comparing them to the mounting hole locations on the frame rails.
stainless tip an extended tip concerning the stainless screws. Use screws/bolts with V2A with nut from V4A and you haven't problems with self-welding. V2A and V4A are different types of stainless steel. Volker
Using galvanized screws Hello Volker, hello Subanero, I'm using always galvanized screws because they are much stronger then V4A bolts and nuts. I thinks the quality will be enough and be cheaper. Wolfgang
