56 cab corner replacement advice
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56 cab corner replacement advice
Damage from previous accident cut out.
I plan on removing as little metal as possible. Just the lower half of inner cab corner, 3-4 inches of rocket and door piller. Or would it be better to remove outer cab corner all the way around to piller so less welding will be needed? Your thoughts?
I plan on removing as little metal as possible. Just the lower half of inner cab corner, 3-4 inches of rocket and door piller. Or would it be better to remove outer cab corner all the way around to piller so less welding will be needed? Your thoughts?
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I bought my new corners from LMC and the two sides that were hardest to line up was the door pillar and the rib on the back of the cab. The replacement has a little different profile on these two areas so they required massaging.
If it were mine i wouldn't cut out the pillar or cut through the rib. Only replace the very bottom where rusted through. Patch fitment is a big issue with every vendor.
If it were mine i wouldn't cut out the pillar or cut through the rib. Only replace the very bottom where rusted through. Patch fitment is a big issue with every vendor.
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I bought my new corners from LMC and the two sides that were hardest to line up was the door pillar and the rib on the back of the cab. The replacement has a little different profile on these two areas so they required massaging.
If it were mine i wouldn't cut out the pillar or cut through the rib. Only replace the very bottom where rusted through. Patch fitment is a big issue with every vendor.
If it were mine i wouldn't cut out the pillar or cut through the rib. Only replace the very bottom where rusted through. Patch fitment is a big issue with every vendor.
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I did the dumb thing.........and cut the whole corner off. Then tried to massage an entire new corner on. PITA. They still aren't right........Rear indent is wrong, door opening is wrong, curvature is wrong..
If I'd had mine to do over, I still would have removed a large chunk of the corner (very carefully). Replaced my inner corners, blasted the old outer corners, patched them up and welded them back in.
If I'd had mine to do over, I still would have removed a large chunk of the corner (very carefully). Replaced my inner corners, blasted the old outer corners, patched them up and welded them back in.
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