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01-12-2005, 10:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Oklahoma
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Trailing Arm sizes?
I was at a salvage today and the told the owner that i was shortening my long bed into a short bed! He says that i have to use trailing arms from a short bed because he already tried to sell a set from a long bed and he said they were too long for the short bed to center the wheel!
Does this sound right? Every where i looked for aftermarket ones says they fit all long and short beds! I tried to convince him but maybe he was right? Help me dispute? By the way i was looking for a door not the trailing arms! |
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01-12-2005, 11:05 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Your junk yard guy is wrong.
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01-12-2005, 11:08 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: rose hill V.A. 24281
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i though they were the same
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01-12-2005, 11:15 PM
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Location: Oklahoma
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i thought so!
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01-12-2005, 11:29 PM
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"Trucks with Class"
 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: OLYMPIA, WA, USA
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I am pretty sure there is only one trailing arm: short/long/half ton/3/4ton.
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01-12-2005, 11:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Beeville, Texas
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All trailing arms are the same, except that 3/4 tons have steel plates tac welded on the top and bottom to "prevent rust" from separating the arms.
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01-12-2005, 11:41 PM
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Location: over yonder
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Same.
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