Knomadd '71 SWB C-10

[knomadd]

Originally Posted by gringoloco

Coming right along...

It is and it isn't...

Since Hurricane Harvey is gone and I'm not flooded, I can keep working, but my area is nearly back to normal so I'm back at work. Not a lot of time to figure things out still and I came to a stumbling block this weekend.

I started to put the fenders on and noticed that the top gap to the door was tight while the bottom was MASSIVE! (I know it's sticking out in the pic, but it's really that big when it's tight against the cab.)


I immediately thought it was the core support, but I took measurements of both the old and new and they are identical. I measured from the mount point on the frame to the fender mount.
New, with fender attached:

Old, same location:


I'm using the same bushings, same fenders (inner and outer), cab and doors haven't moved. The only difference is the core support, but the measurements are the same from old to new. I've heard things like I need to replace cab bushings (they're pretty new already) replace core support bushings (I have some and that doesn't make any difference), shim the cab, and just tighten the $hit out of the core support mount to crush the bushings. Everything fit before, so I don't know why this is being so F-ing difficult.

I'm going to try to tighten the heck out of the core support bushings tonight and see if that works. Any other ideas I may need to try?

Oh, and I was curious so I took the core support bushings out all together and the gap is nice (like it was before)... So it's definitely high in front with the bushings in.