cab mounts?

[straitnate14]

does anyone have a picture of how the cab should mount to the frame? I just got my bed put together and the bed sits up about an inch higher then the cab if you follow the body lines the cab is lower then the bed. it's kinda hard to see in this picture but here is what I mean

[68gmsee]

Mine does too..

LMC has a good break down picture but here's a pic of my rusted truck.

[JimKshortstep4x4]

2 wd or 4 wd? An inch is a lot!

Jim

[straitnate14]

2WD I also cut the frame to make it a SWB

[05crewcab]

do you have new cab mounts? if not they might give you the inch youre after. otherwise, you'll have to shim up the 4 cab mounts and the 2 core support mounts to compensate for the difference.

[ETsC10]

straitnate14, if you do swap out your cab mounts, HERE is a cool FAQ on the job.






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[straitnate14]

I'm going to shim the cab and core support up since the cab is on brand new mounts. I measured the difference last night and it's 3/4 inch not 1 inch so that's not as bad but oh well.

[Operation No Budget]

Since you shortend the frame, didn't you have to relocate your rear cab mounts?

If so, do you think it's possible you went too low w/ them? Just a thought...

I plan on shortening my lwb this summer and am interested in what hurdles I might encounter. Not to change to topic, but have you or what do you plan on doing w/ the drive shaft (shorten and run two, or single)?

[Ironangel]

Originally Posted by straitnate14

I'm going to shim the cab and core support up since the cab is on brand new mounts. I measured the difference last night and it's 3/4 inch not 1 inch so that's not as bad but oh well.

I just encountered the same problem with my lwb 72. I rebuilt all four cab supports and installed new cab mount cushions and bolts. When I put the bed back on with the new bed bolts and 1/4" rubber bed cushions, I noticed that the cab rear was 1/2"-3/4" lower than the bed. I took one of the old rear cab mount cushions and cut it in half and installed them on top of the new mounts to raise the rear of the cab to match the bed. I installed new core supports that came with the cab mount kit but I didnt change anything there, only the two rear mounts on the cab to achieve cab to bed alignment. Hope this helps.

[straitnate14]

Originally Posted by Operation No Budget

Since you shortend the frame, didn't you have to relocate your rear cab mounts?

If so, do you think it's possible you went too low w/ them? Just a thought...

I plan on shortening my lwb this summer and am interested in what hurdles I might encounter. Not to change to topic, but have you or what do you plan on doing w/ the drive shaft (shorten and run two, or single)?

I put the motor and trans in and then measured the gap and went to the junk yard found one that was an inch long with the same style u joints so I had it blasted shortened and balanced, I paid 15 for the shaft, and 110 to have it cut to length. I had the yoke out of the transmission a bit to make up for suspension travel as well.

Oh and I checked my mounts to make sure I didn't mount them to low and there good I just going to do what ironangel did and double up the rear mounts and see what happens I jacked it up to see and it looks good but we will see when I get some more mounts in.