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1/23/24 In preparation of replacing the cab corners, I needed to remove the bed. Being a one man band, and only having a two bay garage, I needed to get creative. I bought a HF 2 ton engine hoist to assist me in this endeavor. I used four tie downs to attach it to the crane which enabled me to level the bed.

Once the bed was removed, I started on the drivers side, the worst of the two. I know that the inner cab corner is shot too so I also bought a replacement panel for this too. Once I got both the majority of the outer cab corner removed I spotted more rust on the flange of the floor, right behind one of the stiffening brackets necessitated removal of stiffener for access. Fortunately it was restricted to the flange so I cut back about 3/8” to good metal and replaced the piece. Once the substructure was stable and coated with rust treatment I welded in the inner and outer cab corner.

Now I needed to fit not only the inner cab corner, but the outer cab corner as well prior to welding the inner cab corner in. Surprisingly both the inner and outer cab corners fit fairly well. The inner was near perfect and the outer only needed a little reforming on the bottom. On the door side, the bottom stuck out about 3/8 of an inch from the inner cab corner flange so I needed a pie cut to close the gap. On the bottom where it gets plug welded to the inner cab corner, it just needed to be bent up to meet the inner cab corner flange. Much better than the cowl patch pieces.

Very happy with the results!