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| | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 71 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2001 Posts: 71 | I'm mounting my bed on my '53 1/2 ton and have a problem with the height. My bed sides are new aftermarket but don't have fender holes (but this isn't a problem though, as the 2nd fender hole up from the bottom should go through the bed side's angle strip). When I align it that way, the front fender to running board bolts are about 1" off. It seems like the rear running board brackets are 1" low because everything aligns if I raise the rear of it up. Also, when I raise the running board up 1" in the rear it looks level with the bottom of the cab.
The frame at one point was moved onto it's side on those brackets, maybe they were bent? But if I bend them upwards, they'll be angled instead of flat.
The bed is sitting on the correct blocks/pads, I measured the height from Mar-K's measurements.
'53 Chevy truck 1/2 ton
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 | | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 71 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2001 Posts: 71 | Hopefully this works, I uploaded pictures here: http://flic.kr/ps/2P7oyk | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 | I have been studying them and will look at my truck when I get it out of storage. One question so far I don't see any rubber pads under the blocks are they there? | | | | | Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 17 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 17 | Did you resolve your problem with space between the running boards and frame brackets? I am seeing the same problem on my 53 GMC. I bought the truck dis-assembled so never saw how the boards fit to the brackets but the box and rear fenders are original so there has been no change in location of rear fenders to box. | | |
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