Frame crossmember replacement?
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Frame crossmember replacement?
I recently started a thread about the bolts/riverts used to mount the reat leaf hangers to the frame. While I'm at I was thinking about sourcing and installing two new frame crossmembers (the two that join the two sides of the frame that the rear tank sits between).
Is this a good idea, as in if I take these things off can I get new ones back in without removing the bed or anything unforseen? If so, where can I find them at? I've looked everywhere. I'm looking for OE Ford.
Is this a good idea, as in if I take these things off can I get new ones back in without removing the bed or anything unforseen? If so, where can I find them at? I've looked everywhere. I'm looking for OE Ford.
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I recently started a thread about the bolts/riverts used to mount the reat leaf hangers to the frame. While I'm at I was thinking about sourcing and installing two new frame crossmembers (the two that join the two sides of the frame that the rear tank sits between).
Is this a good idea, as in if I take these things off can I get new ones back in without removing the bed or anything unforseen? If so, where can I find them at? I've looked everywhere. I'm looking for OE Ford.
Is this a good idea, as in if I take these things off can I get new ones back in without removing the bed or anything unforseen? If so, where can I find them at? I've looked everywhere. I'm looking for OE Ford.
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Right on, offhand I don't think the bed bolts go through the crossmembers. The only thing I saw that connects to them was the tank straps and the rear brake line.
I was looking for a place like a Bronco Graveyard that has OE frame parts (like the leaf hangers I'm putting on). I have a message into them but if anyone else knows where to get these...
I was looking for a place like a Bronco Graveyard that has OE frame parts (like the leaf hangers I'm putting on). I have a message into them but if anyone else knows where to get these...
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I have taken them off without the bed being off, but not the rear bed bolts - they must come off.
search 'ford rusty frame fix' from me under projects, I have pictures of the stuff I fabricate (incl rear cross member) to repair this.
the rear 3 ft of the ford frame is its weak link
search 'ford rusty frame fix' from me under projects, I have pictures of the stuff I fabricate (incl rear cross member) to repair this.
the rear 3 ft of the ford frame is its weak link
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Oh man, ain't that the truth. The '87 doesn't really even have a frame from the rear hangars back. Good thing it's just a farm truck, now.
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