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Old 11-04-2015, 07:50 AM   #21
Keith Seymore
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Re: Removing bed from 87 tomorrow, any operating experience appreciated. Any how to's

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Originally Posted by weider1717 View Post
so sounding more and more like thats the way they came. Any more on this to be sure? because it looks to be made for a long bolt on the right side 2nd bolt back (see pic ) but a lot of people have different.
I'm pretty sure.



Keep in mind those components (like crossmembers) are common across multiple option combinations, so for some long wheel base vehicles, or diesels (with dual exhaust), or straight six (where the exhaust goes down the right hand side) there may have been a long bolt in that spot. Just not for us gas burning swb guys.

The design has to accommodate all those various possibilities (swb, lwb, crew; 2wd, 4wd, several different powertrains).

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