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Old Mar 2, 2014 | 10:44 PM
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reinstalling the bed onto frame ?

Curious what you put between the frame rails and the bed when putting it back on ? I'd research it but not much time my muscle is meeting me tomorrow after work. What can you use if I need something and don't have time to order it ? Wish I'd thought of this earlier, but I don't recall anything there when I took the bed off. Thanks all.
 
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But should sit right down on the frame rails. Only thing you may need would be shims to get the body lines all lined up if they are off. I used some large implement washers.
 
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But should sit right down on the frame rails. Only thing you may need would be shims to get the body lines all lined up if they are off. I used some large implement washers.
Yeah, the bed sits directly on the frame, nothing in between.
 
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I am thinking be means like soft gasket material? Anti metal to metal....thick paint, or a thin piece of rubber? Maybe like a piece of old inner tube??

I have not seen anything used there either, so the thin rubbber is just a SWAG.
 
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although it didn't have anything stock, when you live in rust country it's good to put a nice thick piece of tar paper between the 2 pieces of steel.
 
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