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Having made the bed- and anglestrips for my 53 3100 myself, I am now ready to make the wooden blocks/under bed spacers. However I cannot find the exact measures of those parts. Can anybody give me the answer? Thanks in advance!!

Do a search it has been covered a few times, the ones you see for sale are pine or alder but I have seen posts where people use oak. I bought a repo set and after reading some of the threads I am going to duplicate in oak.

you might also give a thought when replacing those to varnish them and add an XTRA rubber cushion to each of the 6 to help quiet the bed, more

If you decide to use oak, use spar (marine) varnish - oak contains an acid that will promote rust unless you encapsulate it-- Good luck,

chevert: I am not sure but I think they are about 2 1/4 inches but don't take my word for it. I still have the ones from my panel I could measure but not sure it the panel/truck are the same. As CarolinesTruck mentioned but a little pad under them to reduce squeak etc. I have some old firehose that I cut up and it makes a real nice "pad" if you can get your hands on some. Its tough to. I'm sure someone will come a long with the right measurements and in the meantime I will measure my panel blocks just in case someone says they are the same. Good luck.

Whoever put the blocks under my bed made them high enough that a rubber spacer would make it sit a bit too high. I have no rubber on my blocks and there is no squeak. Not saying its right or wrong. Logic says rubber would help stop squeak.

I know this isn't original but could some of the new plastics be used instead of wood?

I'm pretty sure the blocks in the kit I bought were 2" tall and came with a pair of 1/8" rubber pads for top and bottom resulting in an overall height of 2 1/4". Aluminum or plastic are acceptable substitutes and correct height will be dependent on splash apron/bedside gap. The blocks wern't quite square either and had a longer side tha should run parallel to the framerail.

Curt B.

Thanks all of you for answering and adding value to the answers as well! I will certainly make the blocks out of oak and there will be peices of rubber (with some woven material inside) on both sides of the blocks.
By the way; how informative and educational all those photo-albums are!!!
thanks again!

I measured the reproduction blocks I have at home and they are 2-1/4" square with a 3/8" hole through the center. The pads are the same 2-1/4" by 1/4" thick. I matched them up with the wood at Home Depot and they are alder.