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Old 04-20-2013, 09:49 PM   #1
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anyone have inside pics of a fleetside bed?

I have a dilema, I placed my bed onto the frame today and found that the rear of the bed is alot lower than the cab alignment wise.
I am also in need of pics that show the placement of cross bed sills. I need to find out how it looks,
I really appreciate your help and thank you in advance.
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Old 04-21-2013, 10:52 AM   #2
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Re: anyone have inside pics of a fleetside bed?

The rear of the bed needs to be raised 3/4" to make the lines match up. I made some mounts out of conveyor belt to mount mine. I can't have any pictures to share though,it's covered in snow right now
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Old 04-21-2013, 02:26 PM   #3
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Re: anyone have inside pics of a fleetside bed?

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The rear of the bed needs to be raised 3/4" to make the lines match up. I made some mounts out of conveyor belt to mount mine. I can't have any pictures to share though,it's covered in snow right now
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Thank you very much, I was worried as I had shimmed the passenger side about 1/8" on the rubber pad and the drivers was already at 3/8" of shim and needed about another 1/4" to line up.
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Old 04-21-2013, 11:38 PM   #4
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Re: anyone have inside pics of a fleetside bed?

I looked for pics of the cross members but couldn't find any. I only have the front and the rear crossmembers in. My frame must be wrenched cause the ass end of my bed needs to go down about 1.5"
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Old 04-22-2013, 03:01 PM   #5
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Re: anyone have inside pics of a fleetside bed?

Attached is the reference photo I used for my short fleetside. As you can see Chevy did not put a cross sill where the question marks are. On my bed that was where the most damage was, but I used it as a work/dump truck for 20 years. I added a 1.5" x 1.5" angle at that location, drilled to match the other circled one.
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Old 04-22-2013, 09:47 PM   #6
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Re: anyone have inside pics of a fleetside bed?

Thank you VERY much for the photo OrrieG, That is exactly what I was looking for. WOO HOO, let the assembly BEGIN!!!!
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