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Gentleman Jim Driver
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Poulsbo, WA
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Stepside bed help...
I have a stepside bed I'm working on repainting and putting a new wood floor in.
It's a short stepside off of a 78-83 truck. I need to know how many crossmembers it is supposed to have. It had two of the short ones and three of the taller ones (not including the very back one that is much different) on it when I got it, but I want it to be right. When I look in the catalogs they don't seem to tell me how many of each the bed is supposed to have. Can you other stepside owners or who have done this in the past please take a look at your beds and let me know? Thanks!
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Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed |
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Stepsides Rock!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Bay area, California
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Here is a picture of my bed, if that helps
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Gentleman Jim Driver
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Poulsbo, WA
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That helps for the top, but I need to see the bottom of the bed. These crossmembers are what the bed strips bolt to...
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Joe '75 GMC Gentleman Jim '84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter) '85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '89 R3500 Flatbed |
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There should be 4 tall ones for the bed bolts to pass through and 2 short ones that go where the axle "hump" in the frame are. This in in addtion to the rear cross sill that attaches the rear of the bed together.
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: DFW, TX
Posts: 1,680
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I'm probably picking up a stepside bed on Thursday. I'll take some pics for you. It's a later model one (probably early to mid 80s).
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 50
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Bed Illustrations
This site has some illustrations that will help. http://www.mar-k.com/
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