frame straightening ....
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Yes and mostly yes it does depend on how it is bent but these frames pull pretty good. When I bought my truck the frame had a good amount of side sway it had got hit right on the bumper and blocker beam. It actually pulled a lot easier than I thought to would. What configuration is the truck? My 05 is a CCSB. A long box would not have fit on the rack I used. In fact once almost straight it didn't fit on the one we had. I had to use floor pots and pull towers to finish the job. With the proper measurements and time it should be no problem to get you back square. There are some cross braces and areas that if they get tweaked are a lot harder to get straight than just the front or a diamond.
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Yes and mostly yes it does depend on how it is bent but these frames pull pretty good. When I bought my truck the frame had a good amount of side sway it had got hit right on the bumper and blocker beam. It actually pulled a lot easier than I thought to would. What configuration is the truck? My 05 is a CCSB. A long box would not have fit on the rack I used. In fact once almost straight it didn't fit on the one we had. I had to use floor pots and pull towers to finish the job. With the proper measurements and time it should be no problem to get you back square. There are some cross braces and areas that if they get tweaked are a lot harder to get straight than just the front or a diamond.
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Ive swapped MANY frames before between me and my two cousins, if somethibg is bent I'd just get a good frame and swap eveeything over, it really isnt that big of a job
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I haven't swapped a frame out before, but I imagine it would include removing the bed, cab, fenders, springs/mounts, brake lines, engine, transmission, suspension, bumpers, fuel tank, radiator, well, the whole truck. Pretty much everything on the truck mounts to the frame. I've cut out and welded in new sections of frame on quite a few cars and trucks and I can't imagine swapping entire frames would be near as easy.
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You do also have to make sure that you have no links or buckles bends are usually ok to straighten kinks and creased usually a no-no. And it's not like 20yrs ago where you get out a torch and heat the crap out if it. Most manufacturers give you two 60 or 90 second applications of 1200* if it doesn't work it's junk. More and more companies are adopting the cold pull only requirement. We just swapped a jeep frame at work for a rear end accident. Yes everything has to come off and go back. But you can et frames for these trucks pretty reasonable.
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On heavy duty trucks, yes, but these aren't heavy duty trucks. My prostar has the stickers all the frame saying not to cut or weld the frame, but that is a class 8 truck.
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I just said that because i know on our suoer duties there is a statement from Ford saying if you must weld on the chassis it must be x inches from mounting bolts and it cant be larger than a solid six inch long weld or something along them lines
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