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Old 09-06-2011, 08:37 PM
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Question Rear Bumper

I've noticed that my rear bumper on my 2011 Super Duty is off toward the driver side about 1/2 inch. Is there any adjustment to align the rear bumper from side to side?
 
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Old 09-06-2011, 09:05 PM
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Interesting. I just went out and looked at mine and it appears to be even. I didn't put a tape measure to it, but it is very close. Do you think someone could have tapped the bumper either at the dealer or after you bought it in a parking lot?
 
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Old 09-07-2011, 06:54 PM
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Good thought on the parking-lot tap. I considered that. However, after examining and finding no scuffs or scrapes, I made a trip to the dealer to look at the 2012s on the lot to compare. I found that, out of about 40 Super Dutys, only three had perfectly centered rear bumpers. All the others were off to one side by about 1/4 to 3/4 inches. That is what is making me wonder if there is some way to simply loosen some bolts somewhere and adjust. Anybody know if and how you can?
 
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Old 09-07-2011, 07:56 PM
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I just looked at mine and mine is off by maybe a 1/4". It seems like the brackets are solid and non adjustable. How about loosening all of the bed bolts and trying to slide that around?
 
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Old 09-07-2011, 08:27 PM
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OK, its been 25 minutes since my last post and in that time I loosened all 8 bed bolts and was able to align the bed to my liking. Mine was off quite a bit in the front that I could notice it in my mirrors. The bed moved pretty easy. Once I got the bed aligned to my liking I tightened the bolts down a little bit at a time while criss-crossing the pattern. Checked everything with straight edges and its looks 'real' good to me.
 
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I noticed mine was off about 1/2in on the drivers side also, strangely enough on my way to a concert last night I was behind a 2011 SD and his rear bumper was also noticeably off on the drivers side
 
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