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Old Sep 11, 2019 | 04:51 PM
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bed mounting question

My bed sits about 3/4 of an inch lower than the cab and the body lines are off. Is there supposed to be some sort of mount that is supposed to be at each of the bolt points?
 
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Old Sep 11, 2019 | 06:04 PM
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I don't remember ever seeing a spacer, but if you are 3/4 " low make spacers out of a piece of oak.

When I swapped frames on my 65 the cab was an inch high so I used hockey pucks.

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Old Sep 12, 2019 | 07:41 AM
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I used conveyer belt to shim mine cut them out with a band saw and drilled a hole in them worked good so far
let me know if you need some ill send you some have a bunch of 1.2 thick belting out back of the shop
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Good to know I haven't been the only one. I appreciate the offer for the belt, but I have some washers that I will be using to shim it. Thanks for the info guys.
 
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Good to know I haven't been the only one. I appreciate the offer for the belt, but I have some washers that I will be using to shim it. Thanks for the info guys.
I don't think washers would be a good idea. When the frame flexes it would cause a metal to metal friction point that will cause undue wear in that area. I would stick to wood or rubber. My 2 cents.
 
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Great point. I'll go with rubber. Thanks guys.
 
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