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Originally Posted by mechanicalman
It looks like you have the bed pushed up almost against the cab. How much did you take out of the frame and front of the bed?
The bolts that go through the bed into the frame in the center part of the bed: If those are not modified then you did nothing to change the way the wheel is centered in the fender if the bed is still the same height.
Did you measure the height of the bed before and after? It may have came up a little due to the weight reduction, and the higher it is the more acute angle of the trailing arms and the wheels will be closer to the front of the fender wells.
Do you plan on lowering it any? If so, load the bed down until it's at the height you want and see if the wheels are centered to your satisfaction.
I suppose you could re-cut the front part of the bed and move the bed forward by re-drilling the holes in the frame.
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I cut 12" out under the cab, and 12"out of the bed in front of the wheel well, all the bolts in the bed dropped right back into place minus the very rear ones because I need to drill holes for them. The center set of bolts in the unmoved portion of the bed are right back in the same holes they came out of. I do intend to lower it a bit, I will try your suggestion later today. I was thinking that maybe it is because the suspension is so extended and as the axle is towards the bottom of the arc it is moved forward. Thanks.