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mjensen · 01-16-2010, 05:49 PM

Okay, so after butchering the passenger side cab support I started thinking that there has to be a better way to remove them. Any advice?

TIA
Mike

powell72 · 01-17-2010, 12:12 AM

Front or rear support? Are you drilling out all the spot welds? They're definitely time consuming and tricky to remove.

mjensen · 01-17-2010, 12:13 AM

It will be both front and rear. So, just find all the spot welds and drill them out eh?

powell72 · 01-17-2010, 12:25 AM

Yeah, I wish I had a good short cut I could pass on to you, but drilling out the spot welds is the way to do it. I think the rear is the worst, since it's so close to the cab corner.
Do you have a spot weld cutter? It makes it easier than using a drill bit I think. You can pick them up at Harbor Freight.

Here's a pic of one of my fronts, you can see all the spot welds along the length of the support, plus there are four on top of the channel that the cab sits on (far left of pic, around the cab mount hole) and two on each side of the support under that channel. Of course if you don't want to go this far, depending on how rusty your's are, you can always cut it in half and just weld the outer half in.

mjensen · 01-17-2010, 12:28 AM

I don't have a spot weld cutter right now, but I'm always begging for an excuse to go to HF

01-16-2010, 05:49 PM	#1
mjensen Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 1,562	Cab Supports Okay, so after butchering the passenger side cab support I started thinking that there has to be a better way to remove them. Any advice? TIA Mike __________________ Mike '69 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 Build Thread

01-17-2010, 12:12 AM	#2
powell72 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Loveland Co. Posts: 3,098	Re: Cab Supports Front or rear support? Are you drilling out all the spot welds? They're definitely time consuming and tricky to remove. __________________ Chris 74 Custom Deluxe SWB 350/350/3.73’s 99 2wd Silverado RCSB 5.3/4L60/3.90’s http://www.classictrucks.com/feature...short_bed.html

01-17-2010, 12:13 AM	#3
mjensen Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 1,562	Re: Cab Supports It will be both front and rear. So, just find all the spot welds and drill them out eh? __________________ Mike '69 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 Build Thread

01-17-2010, 12:25 AM	#4
powell72 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Loveland Co. Posts: 3,098	Re: Cab Supports Yeah, I wish I had a good short cut I could pass on to you, but drilling out the spot welds is the way to do it. I think the rear is the worst, since it's so close to the cab corner. Do you have a spot weld cutter? It makes it easier than using a drill bit I think. You can pick them up at Harbor Freight. Here's a pic of one of my fronts, you can see all the spot welds along the length of the support, plus there are four on top of the channel that the cab sits on (far left of pic, around the cab mount hole) and two on each side of the support under that channel. Of course if you don't want to go this far, depending on how rusty your's are, you can always cut it in half and just weld the outer half in. __________________ Chris 74 Custom Deluxe SWB 350/350/3.73’s 99 2wd Silverado RCSB 5.3/4L60/3.90’s http://www.classictrucks.com/feature...short_bed.html Last edited by powell72; 01-17-2010 at 12:32 AM.

01-17-2010, 12:28 AM	#5
mjensen Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 1,562	Re: Cab Supports I don't have a spot weld cutter right now, but I'm always begging for an excuse to go to HF __________________ Mike '69 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 Build Thread



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