Rear Bed higher on one side
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Rear Bed higher on one side
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Is there any dents in the cab where the bed has contacted it from a hard frame twisting?
Bed is mounted solid so no rubber spacers to fall apart, but could be rusted out where it mounts? Yes it sounds like you have a broken leaf spring....
Look right where the u bolts go past the leafs, that is where they usually break. Look for a crack on the edge of the smaller leafs.
Bed is mounted solid so no rubber spacers to fall apart, but could be rusted out where it mounts? Yes it sounds like you have a broken leaf spring....
Look right where the u bolts go past the leafs, that is where they usually break. Look for a crack on the edge of the smaller leafs.
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Hey 77&79 yeah there is a dent on the driver side corner cab where the bed and the cab line up, I talked to my brother who add the truck before me for a couple of years he said that dent occurred when he was getting the truck towed by a friend and it accidently came off hook of the tow truck my brother said he thinks its a really bad bent leaf spring now I'm really doubting that maybe the frame is tweaked like you stated. If the frame is tweaked is that something that can get repaired at a frame shop.
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Frame repaired at a frame shop yes, $$. But I would think it would take more than the aforementioned accident to tweak it and or bend the spring, they are pretty stout and that slip off the tow hook does not sound all that bad.
So yes it sounds like a bent leaf, I'd do a visual insp of each leaf. If the frame or leaf spring was tweaked that bad, it would "dog leg" as we call it around here (run crooked) down the road.
Do some tape measuring of each sides clearances/distances ect....compare them to each other and go from there.
So yes it sounds like a bent leaf, I'd do a visual insp of each leaf. If the frame or leaf spring was tweaked that bad, it would "dog leg" as we call it around here (run crooked) down the road.
Do some tape measuring of each sides clearances/distances ect....compare them to each other and go from there.
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My 79 F150 2wd bed is higher on the driver side then the passenger side. I notice it when I look at the rear window seal and the top of the bed running underneath it. I recently replaced hangers, shackles and leaf springs along with the rear end and none of those things fixed it on my truck. When I had the bed off to replace the fuel filler hoses, I didn't see any damage to the bottom of the bed, but I should have replaced the rubber mounts, but didn't have the funds while I had it apart. Not sure if the rubber mounts will resolve it but if that's not it then I've got a bent frame, but it doesn't drive like the frame is bent. If new mounts don't resolve the height difference, then I might shim it to make it sit level.
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My 79 F150 2wd bed is higher on the driver side then the passenger side. I notice it when I look at the rear window seal and the top of the bed running underneath it. I recently replaced hangers, shackles and leaf springs along with the rear end and none of those things fixed it on my truck. When I had the bed off to replace the fuel filler hoses, I didn't see any damage to the bottom of the bed, but I should have replaced the rubber mounts, but didn't have the funds while I had it apart. Not sure if the rubber mounts will resolve it but if that's not it then I've got a bent frame, but it doesn't drive like the frame is bent. If new mounts don't resolve the height difference, then I might shim it to make it sit level.
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