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| | | | Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 166 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 166 | Install the headliner in a '59 3600???
Did a search but couldnt find anything.
I can't get the rubber to stay put in the corners, keeps pulling away. I've even tried tapping it in with a small hammer but it won't stay.... | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | I'd guess either you got a poorly shaped rubber or someone levered the sheet metal edge open more than original [like when removing the old rubber], usually it's tough to get the rubber into that gap, no chance it could move once it's on
Bill | | | | | Joined: May 2008 Posts: 194 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2008 Posts: 194 | I have similar problems trying to install it in my 3100. I finally got it in there using a piece of wood and a hammer and also just a lot of hand pressure to get it going into the corners. I found that hanging out the door and pulling it into the corners is easier for me than trying to push it in. Once you get it going keep pressure and inch your way around putting a little more in at a time. It also helps if you have an assistant to try to hold it in place in the corner while you work down the line and into the next corner.
Hopefully you start at the right place and it makes it all the way around.
Mine ended up being about 3-4 inches too short. Not sure if that was a result of me triming it 20 years ago or that it was just short when I got it. But now it is too short and I have a gap in the back under the dome light (where I chose to have the ends meet.) Not sure if that is the correct spot but I thought I would see it less back there then in the front.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,362 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,362 | The assembly manual shows where the end seem is, I think the rear is correct.
What I'm going to do is put the rubber in after I clean up the cab some more, for practice and to fit it. I have heard that some of the aftermarket head liners are too thick and make it real hard to get the rubber in.
A person might use a rubber lubricant to help the process.
Kicking self for selling off my Taskforce trucks.
Still looking for an LCF or conventional big bolt in decent shape.
As of 10-26-2022, A 55.2 Taskforce long bed now the work begins
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | a trick to avoid hammering is to go around a bit at a time and 'squeeze' the rubber top/bottom so the slit that goes over the sheet metal opens up - also bend the rubber back toward you as you fit it on, which also tends to open that slot
the aftermarket headliners are plastic, where the originals are a fabric with jute-like backing that may not have gone quite to the edge, so yes, likely the repros are thicker, I've never used one, always saved good originals
Bill | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 | | | |
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