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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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Bed not lined up?
the bed on my 78 f250 isnt lined up, so I loosened up the 8 bolts today and tried to move it. I can pick it up so i know everything loose, but it wont slide. Im assuming theres room for the bolts to move in the holes if its not lined up in the first place. Am i wrong? any ideas why the bed isnt moving?
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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I'm not familiar with taking the bed of these trucks off, but could you have some build up on the frame not allowing it to slide? also what's not lined up?
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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well there shouldnt be build up cuz once loose i can pick the bed up off the frame at alll the mounts. And its further over to the driver side than the passenger side (quite noticably)
 
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is your fuel tank hose stopping you?
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 04:28 PM
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good thinkin, but no its has no play either way at all
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 04:33 PM
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try harder, theyre heavy beds sometimes it takes a lot to make them move a little bit
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 04:44 PM
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so there definitely should be play right? the bed should move with a little more force?
 
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When I've moved mine all I gota do is remove the 8 bolts and tug away. There should definately be room to move. I've gota give it a good yank to move it a couple inches
 
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ok ill give it a try again tomorrow now that I know it should actually move, thanks for the info
 
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Actually, the bed doesn't move on the frame. The eight holes in the frame are round, not slotted, so there isn't any adjustment to speak of.
 
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Here is a picture of my frame, while not too detailed, you can see that the holes are round.
 
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yaa i see what you mean...thats weird, i guess maybe ill have to make new holes.
 
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yaa i see what you mean...thats weird, i guess maybe ill have to make new holes.

do you have a pic so we can see how far off it is maybe there is another problem?
 
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There should be a small stack of shims on one or both of the front corners. The shims have a dimpled center that fits tightly on the bolt and centers up on the hole when you lower the bed to the frame. If these washer are still present, they will cause the bolt to center in the hole. You need to remove these and use regular washers. This should give you a little adjustment. If you need more than this you need to do some measuring and find out what is causing the misalignment.
 
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i actually figurd it out, when my friend who owned the truck before me built the truck, he made the floor of the bed out of wood, he must not have put the brackets on the bottom on right, ill have to drill some new holes
 
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