Is your Bed Lined Up?
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After reading this thread yesterday, I looked at mine more closely in the parking lot when leaving work. Mine is straight vertically and horizontally. The body line is straight between the cab and bed, and the cab sides and bedsides are flush with each other on both sides. For what it's worth though, I have read multiple times of this exact same complaint on the Ram forums too, so it's not just Ford that can't get the jigs lined up correctly during installation.
Being that the passenger side body lines and bed side to door are all lined up correctly, when I loosen the bed bolts and try to get the driver side to line up, it is going to throw the passenger side off.
The only way I can see getting the driver side to line up is by leaving the passenger side bolts tight, loosening the drivers side and trying to "stretch" the bed side.
I could also swear that this was not like it now is on day 1. I am 99.9% sure I would have picked up on it while either waxing or towing a trailer by seeing it in the mirror. I noticed the current position while looking in the side mirror to check a load of flooring (maybe 600lbs) in the bed.
Absolutely ridiculous.
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You mean the bed was low (not vertically aligned) or the truck sat lower on the driver side? Mine and many others have noticed the driver side does indeed sit lower.
However, my bed is lined up (body line wise), but is a good 1/2"-3/4" out of alignment, panel wise. (cab to bed)
However, my bed is lined up (body line wise), but is a good 1/2"-3/4" out of alignment, panel wise. (cab to bed)
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?????
I understand that your cab was low, but that is not my (the OP) trucks issue and what you think the photo's show is not is reality. My body lines (vertical) are close to perfect, it is the left to right (horizontal) that is way off.
I understand that your cab was low, but that is not my (the OP) trucks issue and what you think the photo's show is not is reality. My body lines (vertical) are close to perfect, it is the left to right (horizontal) that is way off.
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I have a '15 as well and while the body lines are spot on, it appears to me that the bed itself is narrower outside edge to outside edge than the cab. If I were to put a straightedge on the cab there is about a 3/16" gap between the straightedge and the bed on both sides.
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I have a '15 as well and while the body lines are spot on, it appears to me that the bed itself is narrower outside edge to outside edge than the cab. If I were to put a straightedge on the cab there is about a 3/16" gap between the straightedge and the bed on both sides.
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***QUESTION***
If I remove my bedliner to expose the bed bolt heads, and I loosen all the bolts a little, will the bed then have any side to side play?
In other words, are the holes precise or are the somewhat oversized?
If I remove my bedliner to expose the bed bolt heads, and I loosen all the bolts a little, will the bed then have any side to side play?
In other words, are the holes precise or are the somewhat oversized?
Thanks. Hopefully it is enough so that it at least looks better.
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