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cmyc5575 09-20-2012 05:32 PM

how do i fix this?
 
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I inspected the frame and its straight and Im parked on even flat ground so there shouldn't be any frame twisting. Now there was at one time a hit on the back side of the wheel ds that has a dent in the bed side but would have caused the bed to bend the other way.If you have any suggestions im all ears? thanks for any help upfront.:metal:

cmyc5575 09-20-2012 05:35 PM

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i fixed the pic here sorry for the first one!
the bed sticks out further on one side than the other. i am addressing the body lines heigth this weekend to.

dbmx66 09-20-2012 07:07 PM

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If the bed sticks out on one side and goes in the the other, loosen the bed bolts and move bed where it looks good, then tighten it up.
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cmyc5575 09-20-2012 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by dbmx66 (Post 5603444)
If the bed sticks out on one side and goes in the the other, loosen the bed bolts and move bed where it looks good, then tighten it up.
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Ok, well thats pretty simple but I didn't think that the mount holes were inlongated to move the bed from side to side, or are they?

dbmx66 09-20-2012 07:17 PM

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If i remember correctly theres enough room to move the bed side to side maybe and inch to an inch and a half.

And if its still off, check you cab and front clip as well. They too have room to move.

After you line the front of the bed to the back of the cab then either go to the front or rear of truck and look down the side. If looks like the body line either goes in or out then you may have to move both bed and cab. It all depends
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frog210 09-20-2012 07:22 PM

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Cab bushing? It fixed mine
Just get under it and checkem out
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cmyc5575 09-20-2012 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dbmx66 (Post 5603457)
If i remember correctly theres enough room to move the bed side to side maybe and inch to an inch and a half.

And if its still off, check you cab and front clip as well. They too have room to move.

After you line the front of the bed to the back of the cab then either go to the front or rear of truck and look down the side. If looks like the body line either goes in or out then you may have to move both bed and cab. It all depends
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Ok, well thanks for the advice. This helps.:metal:

cmyc5575 09-20-2012 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by frog210 (Post 5603463)
Cab bushing? It fixed mine
Just get under it and checkem out
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Lol I was on that thread that you started frog, I still want to see some update pics of your lines.

frog210 09-20-2012 07:25 PM

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Oh sorry lol my lappy got a virus but I will upload some when i get home I promise
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cmyc5575 09-20-2012 07:26 PM

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Oh sorry lol my lappy got a virus but I will upload some when i get home I promise
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That would be freakin awesome. I sent a pm also.

frog210 09-20-2012 09:20 PM

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http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/...psb9feaa81.jpg
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/...ps968d35e2.jpg
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/...psbc9b820e.jpg
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/...ps70661957.jpg
http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/...ps18cc5777.jpg
These are the only pics i got
my bed line up with my cab now
and aligned the body lines
still need to fix the drivers side

cmyc5575 09-20-2012 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by frog210 (Post 5603677)

Looks ten times better tho.:metal:

frog210 09-20-2012 10:05 PM

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cmyc5575
got any more pics of your truck?

cmyc5575 09-20-2012 10:28 PM

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Yes sir I do. I started this thread just a couple days when i finally learned how to take pics.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=543647

check this out hope you enjoy it. Yeah its a long bed but i love the way it drives and handles. if you want more specific area pics of it i can take them just let me know.

frog210 09-20-2012 10:32 PM

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i wanted to see your body lines
it looks like you just need the rear cab bushings
it looks 1 lower then the bed line

cmyc5575 09-20-2012 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by frog210 (Post 5603846)
i wanted to see your body lines
it looks like you just need the rear cab bushings
it looks 1 lower then the bed line

Yeah I think that i may have lucked out on this rig when i bought it. all the po's that have owned it i have all the reciepts of all the work that has been done to it and none of them messed with any of the bushings. im buying mine next weekend and resdoing them.


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