carpenter front fit
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Mountain Pass
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From: Central NC
carpenter front fit
hi,
just purchased a carpenter polished stainless front bumper for my 56...
finding a fit issue....
it is like the bumper is too wide for frame rails....
have bumper sitting on frame rails...
there is a large gap in bottom brackets..... and tapered larger towards rear of truck....... probably 2 inches~~
anyone else have this problem?
plan on calling them tomorrow.........
just purchased a carpenter polished stainless front bumper for my 56...
finding a fit issue....
it is like the bumper is too wide for frame rails....
have bumper sitting on frame rails...
there is a large gap in bottom brackets..... and tapered larger towards rear of truck....... probably 2 inches~~
anyone else have this problem?
plan on calling them tomorrow.........
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Mountain Pass
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From: Central NC
in my initial post, i mention the brackets..............
the bumper rests on the top rails of the frame... two mounting holes each side aligned....
the brackets are attached to the lower holes of the bumper...
they resemble bat wings...
the offset that is bent into the brackets is oriented 'up'.....
which would reduce the space
there is still about 1-2 inches of space between the mounting point of the bottom bracket and the bottom of the frame rail......
and as stated above, there seems to be an angle with the wider gap towards the rear of the truck.........
it is like the bumper was bent too tall............
i know pics would help, but cannot facilitate that right now........
the bumper rests on the top rails of the frame... two mounting holes each side aligned....
the brackets are attached to the lower holes of the bumper...
they resemble bat wings...
the offset that is bent into the brackets is oriented 'up'.....
which would reduce the space
there is still about 1-2 inches of space between the mounting point of the bottom bracket and the bottom of the frame rail......
and as stated above, there seems to be an angle with the wider gap towards the rear of the truck.........
it is like the bumper was bent too tall............
i know pics would help, but cannot facilitate that right now........
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Mountain Pass
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From: Central NC
wound up re-bending bottom brackets to facilitate alignment...........
not exactly a 'bolt-on' item...............
not exactly a 'bolt-on' item...............
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Cargo Master
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Originally Posted by ghall
wound up re-bending bottom brackets to facilitate alignment...........
not exactly a 'bolt-on' item...............
not exactly a 'bolt-on' item...............
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Hey I heard Carpenters had some othe rbumpers with off spec bolt holes and were selling them off on ebay. I dont think it was any of the 50-60 trucks it was 78 date range.
It just lets you know some of this stuff is gonna need some fitting.
It just lets you know some of this stuff is gonna need some fitting.