Bed wall flexes
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Bed wall flexes
I just recently got my truck painted and now every time I go over bumpy roads or just around a turn I can hear the bed flex. I don't remember this happening before I took it in for the paint job, had it for a short period of time before taking it in. I spoke to the body shop manager and he told me that the bed was reinstalled within spec after painting and that this is "normal."
It is really annoying and I'm not sure what to do. Help!!
It is really annoying and I'm not sure what to do. Help!!
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Bed wall flexes
The beds are bolted to the frame with carriage bolts. There really is no science to installing the bed other than to get it on. Worst case you might have to shim here or there to level it out. Crawl under your truck and inspect the tightness of the nuts.
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Bed wall flexes
It sounds to me like the side walls are flexing. There should be a brace running down to the bed in front of the wheels to keep it from flexing. They may have left them out. If they are lost you can make some out of some small conduit that is flattened on each end a bolted in where the old braces were.
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Bed wall flexes
Originally posted by 66 Ranger
It sounds to me like the side walls are flexing. There should be a brace running down to the bed in front of the wheels to keep it from flexing. They may have left them out. If they are lost you can make some out of some small conduit that is flattened on each end a bolted in where the old braces were.
It sounds to me like the side walls are flexing. There should be a brace running down to the bed in front of the wheels to keep it from flexing. They may have left them out. If they are lost you can make some out of some small conduit that is flattened on each end a bolted in where the old braces were.
