Bed Alignment
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From: SW VA
There are A LOT of these trucks out there (mine too). There was a thread started a while back on it too:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...alignment.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...alignment.html
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From: SEVA
If you want it corrected, don't wait. My dealer's body shop moved my cab and said it was covered by Ford under an initial 12-month/12K-mile "adjustment" period. FWIW, mine does not have the 5er/GN prep package.
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Laughing Gas
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Ok so one really has no way of knowing if its the cab or bed thats off. Or how to figure it out?
And if its the bed, im getting a sprayed in liner done at linex. So some here say once you take out the bolts you cant reuse them..Does linex spray over the bolts
then or take them out?. On my old 07F150 bed they removed them and sprayed and reinstalled the bolts.Not sure they were a one time use back then.
How hard is it to align the bed, something that linex can do when they spray the bed if they are taking the bolts out?
Trying to figure out the best way to approach this. Without goofing up the sprayed in liner, if its not a issue then I would just have the liner done and worry about
alignment later.
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And if its the bed, im getting a sprayed in liner done at linex. So some here say once you take out the bolts you cant reuse them..Does linex spray over the bolts
then or take them out?. On my old 07F150 bed they removed them and sprayed and reinstalled the bolts.Not sure they were a one time use back then.
How hard is it to align the bed, something that linex can do when they spray the bed if they are taking the bolts out?
Trying to figure out the best way to approach this. Without goofing up the sprayed in liner, if its not a issue then I would just have the liner done and worry about
alignment later.
Thanks
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Joined: Jun 2003
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From: SW VA
Ok so one really has no way of knowing if its the cab or bed thats off. Or how to figure it out?
And if its the bed, im getting a sprayed in liner done at linex. So some here say once you take out the bolts you cant reuse them..Does linex spray over the bolts
then or take them out?. On my old 07F150 bed they removed them and sprayed and reinstalled the bolts.Not sure they were a one time use back then.
How hard is it to align the bed, something that linex can do when they spray the bed if they are taking the bolts out?
Trying to figure out the best way to approach this. Without goofing up the sprayed in liner, if its not a issue then I would just have the liner done and worry about
alignment later.
Thanks
And if its the bed, im getting a sprayed in liner done at linex. So some here say once you take out the bolts you cant reuse them..Does linex spray over the bolts
then or take them out?. On my old 07F150 bed they removed them and sprayed and reinstalled the bolts.Not sure they were a one time use back then.
How hard is it to align the bed, something that linex can do when they spray the bed if they are taking the bolts out?
Trying to figure out the best way to approach this. Without goofing up the sprayed in liner, if its not a issue then I would just have the liner done and worry about
alignment later.
Thanks
Hotshot
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From: Middle Tn.
If sometimes it looks off and sometimes not, it must not be that bad. If having it done under warranty I'd have it done prior to spraying. If the bolts are covered over, the dealer, in my op, would have the right to decline working on it.
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Not doubting you one bit, but that would be my way of thinking. I'd definitely get it looked it/fixed before Line-X touches it. I'd love to take mine in, but my bolts were removed by Line-X, so I'm not sure how that would go over with the dealer...even though before and after the bed sits in the same, crooked position...
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Laughing Gas
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is the bed adjustment only left to right or can it go forward and backward also?
Im wondering if taking 2 pieces of string per each side of the truck and figure out how to attach it on the truck front to rear. Run one string down the side of the truck, and up higher, along the bed/cab and one down lower, along the bed/cab down the side of the truck. then compare the sides with the string locations....
Im wondering if taking 2 pieces of string per each side of the truck and figure out how to attach it on the truck front to rear. Run one string down the side of the truck, and up higher, along the bed/cab and one down lower, along the bed/cab down the side of the truck. then compare the sides with the string locations....
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i wouldnt bother with string. use the frame as reference. measure frome frame out to different points on bed and cab. bed usually doesnt have a ton of adjustment so you may have to adjust cab also. just depends how straight everything is now
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From: SEVA
I had a repair done which required the dealer's body shop to remove the bed, and they had to cut around the GFX (factory installed) spray-in liner. Before they started, I asked them to move the bed over so it would better align with the cab. They used new bolts when reinstalling the bed and they couldn't align it with the cab because the bed would not move any further to that side. They took it to a local Xtreme Liners shop for them to respray the entire bed for color matching and left the bolt heads exposed. I had to make a second appointment for the body shop to move the cab. Dropped it off and they called me 45 minutes later to say they were done. One aspect I liked is they maintained the cab-to-front-bumper alignment, too.
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Laughing Gas
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I had a repair done which required the dealer's body shop to remove the bed, and they had to cut around the GFX (factory installed) spray-in liner. Before they started, I asked them to move the bed over so it would better align with the cab. They used new bolts when reinstalling the bed and they couldn't align it with the cab because the bed would not move any further to that side. They took it to a local Xtreme Liners shop for them to respray the entire bed for color matching and left the bolt heads exposed. I had to make a second appointment for the body shop to move the bed. Dropped it off and they called me 45 minutes later to say they were done. One aspect I liked is they maintained the cab-to-front-bumper alignment, too.