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Old 04-12-2010, 04:23 PM   #1
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Question for all you stepside guys out there...

I was about to start working on my flip-kit and I realized the bed seems a little odd. I don't think it's suppose to be like this, but is the bed suppose to have these wood piece spacers between the bed cross-sills and the frame?

I looked at Brothers and they have a bed mounting pad set, but I didn't see anything that was a bushing set or anything. Am I missing something? Or does it seem like the previous owner jimmy rigged this thing?
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Old 04-12-2010, 07:19 PM   #2
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Re: Question for all you stepside guys out there...

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Old 04-12-2010, 07:30 PM   #3
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Re: Question for all you stepside guys out there...

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Old 04-12-2010, 07:57 PM   #4
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Re: Question for all you stepside guys out there...

I seem to remember there bing the rubber pads on mine when I took the bed off, although I don't see them in my bed-bolt bucket. I'm very sure there is no wood spacer between the frame and the bed. I'm hoping to get another stepside this week that I can check closer.
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Old 04-12-2010, 08:01 PM   #5
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Re: Question for all you stepside guys out there...

There shouldn't be any wood under the cross-sills that I'm aware of. The factory bed wood did extend side to side between the top of the sill and bottom of the side angle strips.

I just checked at mar-k.com, thought they had instructions posted but I can't find them.
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Old 04-12-2010, 10:00 PM   #6
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Re: Question for all you stepside guys out there...

Thanks for the replies, guys. I'm pretty sure they just put that there to prevent the metal-to-metal contact and noise, but I just want to make sure before I take it off and put it back on.

If anyone could post some pics, I would greatly appreciate it.
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