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Originally Posted by DirtyLarry
Jon asked for a few pictures of the fender cracks so I figured I would share them all with you as well. There were some major cracks on the driver’s side inner fender where the battery tray bolts to it but it is hard to get a photo with the battery in there. I already welded that spot up anyhow.
I had also forgotten both hood bump stop threaded inserts were broke so I had to weld nuts to the radiator support to give the bump stops something to thread into.
Anybody seen these issues on your trucks yet?
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Larry, the picture of the right fender looks like the radiator support is back at the front of it, the way ihe inner and outer parts of the fender are seperated. We usually see that in a frontal impact. the rad. support goes back, and buckles the fender right behind the front mount bolt. It will make that front mount tab look crooked like that, too. Maybe that is why the fender cracked at the rear brace, too? The rear body mount is crazy, though. I haven't seen that yet.
John, your popping may be coming from the front crossmember also (if it has a torsion bar front). The center section is held in with 4 bolts, and they have a tendency to work loose. It doesn't take much to cause a pop.