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shaneo2112RUSH · 11-10-2007, 11:53 AM

Just had a few questions if any one knows were to start on measuring the frame to see if its twisted, or out of alignment. i have a 68' chevy 1/2T C10 LWB

my wife noticed one day while driving behind the truck, that it looked like it was dog walking. and another time while tuning and tweaking after puting a SBC in. my daughter was helping me turn the engine on and off to get TDC(not the best thing to do but she was willing to learn!) while finaly getting it tuned and running. my daughter was acting like she was driving turning the steering wheel left to right(like we all did

) and seen the front frame also moved from left to right near the radiator support. it moved about 1/8" . i dint know if the bolt were loose on the radiator support or the rivits were worn on the first crossmember support. or if its the way the frame flex from high pressure the tires and steering gear box make!

kind of stumped on what to do to fix this.. its my everyday driver but i guess if it come to the worst i might have to replace the frame.

after talking an ear off. sorry if you dont understand my problem. its been a long night with newborn and took about 1hr 1/2 to type and now its 10:00am been up since 12:00pm

thanks
shane v

TravisH · 11-10-2007, 02:37 PM

I had a bent frame but it was all tore down so I could see where the problem was.

Maybe try an alignment or collision repair shop?

XXL · 11-10-2007, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by shaneo2112RUSH

Just had a few questions if any one knows were to start on measuring the frame to see if its twisted, or out of alignment.

Measure from "known" points on either side of frame in an "X" fashion. If the distance between driver's side point A to passenger's side point B isn't the same as passenger's A to driver's B, your frame is racked. To measure up/down, you just need to do a lot of leveling, then get the tape out and measure to the ground.

nwmod39 · 11-10-2007, 08:20 PM

http://www.chuckschevytruckpages.com/framespecs.html

shaneo2112RUSH · 11-20-2007, 11:58 PM

thanks guys for the info. ill see if i can gat some measurments and pics and let you see what i found

11-10-2007, 11:53 AM	#1
shaneo2112RUSH Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pueblo,Colo Posts: 424	frame twister Just had a few questions if any one knows were to start on measuring the frame to see if its twisted, or out of alignment. i have a 68' chevy 1/2T C10 LWB my wife noticed one day while driving behind the truck, that it looked like it was dog walking. and another time while tuning and tweaking after puting a SBC in. my daughter was helping me turn the engine on and off to get TDC(not the best thing to do but she was willing to learn!) while finaly getting it tuned and running. my daughter was acting like she was driving turning the steering wheel left to right(like we all did) and seen the front frame also moved from left to right near the radiator support. it moved about 1/8" . i dint know if the bolt were loose on the radiator support or the rivits were worn on the first crossmember support. or if its the way the frame flex from high pressure the tires and steering gear box make! kind of stumped on what to do to fix this.. its my everyday driver but i guess if it come to the worst i might have to replace the frame. after talking an ear off. sorry if you dont understand my problem. its been a long night with newborn and took about 1hr 1/2 to type and now its 10:00am been up since 12:00pm thanks shane v __________________ 1968 LWB C10 "Project LADY EYE SORE" (She is my baby and sent me to the hospital 3 times for eye injuries lol) who said love hurts??

11-10-2007, 02:37 PM	#2
TravisH Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Alberta Posts: 316	Re: frame twister I had a bent frame but it was all tore down so I could see where the problem was. Maybe try an alignment or collision repair shop?

11-10-2007, 08:20 PM	#4
nwmod39 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: spokane, washington Posts: 302	Re: frame twister http://www.chuckschevytruckpages.com/framespecs.html __________________ 1980 c-10: under destruction http://photobucket.com/albums/c372/nwmod39/

11-20-2007, 11:58 PM	#5
shaneo2112RUSH Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pueblo,Colo Posts: 424	Re: frame twister thanks guys for the info. ill see if i can gat some measurments and pics and let you see what i found __________________ 1968 LWB C10 "Project LADY EYE SORE" (She is my baby and sent me to the hospital 3 times for eye injuries lol) who said love hurts??



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