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04-28-2008, 11:13 PM
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mounting cab to frame
should I be putting anthing between the frame and the cab? If so what, I am trying to get my truck as low as posible.
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04-29-2008, 01:29 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: mounting cab to frame
just the body mounts
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04-29-2008, 02:26 AM
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Re: mounting cab to frame
Thank you,some people said I must have rubber spacers.
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04-29-2008, 02:28 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: mounting cab to frame
If you install it, and one corner is lower than the other for what ever reason (even from the factory, they were pretty sloppy) you can use dshims, or even rubber spacers if you feel the need to have it 100% perfect.
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04-29-2008, 03:08 AM
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Re: mounting cab to frame
That's what I thought, so I should be good to go. Thank's Again.
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04-29-2008, 09:02 AM
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Out of the carpool lane.
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Re: mounting cab to frame
Andy, I may need to due this on my '67. Can you explain further?
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04-29-2008, 11:05 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: mounting cab to frame
it's the same as shimming a fender.
You'll want to be 100% sure the frame (or sub frames in the camaro's example) is level to the ground, the front can be lower than the back, but side to side has to be level. Then measure from specific points on the body to the ground. Example, the rear lower corner of the right rear wheel opening. The left and the right should match. I think factory tolorances were either 1/8 or 1/4 inch. If you want it more perfect, then you could demand both sides are exactly the same. If the right rear is lower, then you'd loosen that body mount and shim it, to raise the body off the frame. You only do this after everything else has been inspected, measured, repaired... tires match, same pressure in each one, shocks and springs, spring mounts, good body mounts, the (sb) frame where the body mounts bolt to are solit, the body where the body mounts go are solid, the whole floor being solid... shimming the body is not a band aid to hinde other problems (unless you are a sleezy used car salesman) but a last stop in getting the body 100% level. |
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04-30-2008, 06:39 AM
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Out of the carpool lane.
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Re: mounting cab to frame
Ok thanks, but what I really was curious about is my cab sits lower than the bed and I've got to shim it up about 1/4"-3/8". I wondering what I'd need to use. The brand new body mounts are no thicker than the ones I've got in there now so I'll have to use some sort of rubber shims or washers. That's the part that I'm unclear about.
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