|
|
|
08-04-2009, 10:06 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Nashport, OH
Posts: 549
|
Crooked Frame?
I'm hoping for some help.....
When I got this truck, I was amazed that it had absoultely no rust and I believe it is oem metal everywhere. When I took this truck apart, I didn't see anything that would have led me to believe that the frame was bent (body lines). Once I had it on the stand yesterday, something just didn't look right. I put a string on it from the measured center of the front cross member to the measured center of the rear. The measurement on the front half from side to side are all off. I then put strings on either side and "eyeballed" them to line up along the rear section (I realize a small error at the back could multiply up front) and it seems to be off. I'm assuming that the frames from the factory were symetrical. the last couple pics show what I think are wrinkles. Are there "wrinkles" from the factory? Is this frame "tweaked" Anyone got a cheap SWB 2wd 1978 frame?  As always, thanks for the wealth of knowledge!!!!! Misled |
|
|
|
08-04-2009, 10:07 PM
|
#2 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Nashport, OH
Posts: 549
|
Re: Crooked Frame?
...last two...
|
|
|
|
|
08-04-2009, 11:26 PM
|
#3 |
|
Cheyenne Super
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Dallas Texas
Posts: 545
|
Re: Crooked Frame?
I see where it was straightend in the 2nd from the last pic, but in the last pic
that looks like the part just behind the cab, and that one side of the frame looks bent on all trucks, it's bowed down where the other side is flat. The wrinkled part should be repairable. |
|
|
|
|
08-04-2009, 11:26 PM
|
#4 |
|
Happy to be here
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Cypress, TX
Posts: 39,021
|
Re: Crooked Frame?
In the last set of pics, the bottom one is correct. That is a curve the factory put there to clear those old humongous catalytic converters.
The other pic is a different story. All those wrinkles are all wrong. It appears that the frame was tweaked and someone did a hack job on trying to straighten it out.
__________________
Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra" |
|
|
|
|
08-05-2009, 05:34 AM
|
#5 |
|
great southern land
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: perth - australia
Posts: 6,194
|
Re: Crooked Frame?
yep, looks like it was really bent at some stage, it should be able to be fixed, but it will take alot of heat to get the creases out, and i dont like heating chassis..
__________________
rod  86 chevy c10 silverado |
|
|
|
|
08-08-2009, 03:08 PM
|
#6 |
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Nashport, OH
Posts: 549
|
Re: Crooked Frame?
....that's what I was afraid of.....I guess I'll start looking for a donor frame!!!
Thanks folks!!! Misled |
|
|
|
|
08-08-2009, 04:32 PM
|
#7 | |
|
Garage wrench
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: LaCrosse, WI
Posts: 1,855
|
Re: Crooked Frame?
Quote:
That or take the bare frame to a local frame/collision shop and see what they can do for you. It may or may not be the cheaper option.
__________________
-Adam 90 V1500 GMC Suburban 350/700R4/NP241..... 01 Saturn SL1 stock DD..... |
|
|
|
|
 |
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
