47-55.1 Front Fender Alignment - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Nima · 03-18-2024, 10:57 PM

Hello:
I am trying to put back my front fenders back on the truck and I am having hard time to aligning them. It has been a while since I have taken them apart. If the fender sits on top of the inner fender, it won't line up with front section and if I line up the front section (holes) the top has the huge gap which doesn't line up, if that makes sense. What am I missing here? Is there another part?

**mr48chev** · 03-19-2024, 01:21 AM

First: what have you changed since you took the fenders off? Anything and everything that you changed.

My preferance has been to put the inner and outer fender together off the truck and install them as a unit rather than fight with gettng the fender over the inner fender on the truck and scratch something.

leegreen · 03-19-2024, 01:37 AM

this hole goes on that bolt, sandwiched between inner fender and rad mount
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I'd loosen all the bolts on inner fender and fender brace. Get that one bolt lined up, then one at the back , then the one where fender, grill and latch panel all meet, then all the other bolts and fender braces in place on both sides before you tighten any one bolt.

Some people say to match inner and outer fender on the ground then hang em as a unit

**mr48chev** · 03-19-2024, 02:12 AM

I'd say that Leegreen nailed it spot on.

Nima · 03-19-2024, 09:51 AM

Okay, I figured it out. Thank you guys for the pointers.
The front fender has to go over the inner fender and bolts in place. I thought the inner fender lips will bolt to outer fender (the second picture).
Thanks,

**mr48chev** · 03-19-2024, 01:53 PM

Anyone who gets one of these front ends all together on the first try without taking a couple of steps back because they skipped a step is cheating.

nvrdone · 03-19-2024, 10:14 PM

or took a lot of good pictures.

**mr48chev** · 03-20-2024, 11:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nvrdone

or took a lot of good pictures.

The last time I had mine apart that far in 1982 I was still using the Instamatic that I bought from a buddy in Vietnam after he came back from R&R with a Yachica Electro 35. I can't remember exactly when I bought my Pentax ME super but think I had it when I went to the Chevy-GMC Truckin Nationals in Ogden in 1982. I did have a Poloroid though.

mick53 · 03-20-2024, 04:15 PM

Once I found a old 35mm used film rolls in a box I had had for decades. I was talked into spending hundreds of dollars into getting them developed and when I got them back I had no idea who was in them or where they were taken.

**mr48chev** · 03-20-2024, 11:51 PM

When I drove the 48 to Bonneville and Pleasanton and back in 1998 I shot 25 rolls of 36 photos on the trip and it took me about 3 or 4 paydays taking a few rolls in at a time to afford getting them printed. That is 900 photos. I shot over 1200 digital photos in one day at Deuce days NW in 2019.

03-18-2024, 10:57 PM	#1
Nima Blue 67 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Western WA Posts: 1,179	Front Fender Alignment Hello: I am trying to put back my front fenders back on the truck and I am having hard time to aligning them. It has been a while since I have taken them apart. If the fender sits on top of the inner fender, it won't line up with front section and if I line up the front section (holes) the top has the huge gap which doesn't line up, if that makes sense. What am I missing here? Is there another part? Attached Images __________________ 1953 GMC 3/4 ton: current project 1967 C20: 5.3 voretc with T5 conversion, 4 wheel 8 lug disc brake 1972 Nova: my 4 door sport sedan! 5.3 voretc + T5 conversion. drivable project, FUN!! 1979 Camaro Z28: 5.3 vortec conversion with build TH350: drivable project, Fun to drive 1992 Camaro RS convertible (Z28 clone): 5.3 conversion with build T5: on going project 2005 Silverado 2500, 4x4 Duramax, original owner

03-19-2024, 01:21 AM	#2
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,710	Re: Front Fender Alignment First: what have you changed since you took the fenders off? Anything and everything that you changed. My preferance has been to put the inner and outer fender together off the truck and install them as a unit rather than fight with gettng the fender over the inner fender on the truck and scratch something. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

03-19-2024, 01:37 AM	#3
leegreen Registered User Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Surrey BC Posts: 916	Re: Front Fender Alignment this hole goes on that bolt, sandwiched between inner fender and rad mount I'd loosen all the bolts on inner fender and fender brace. Get that one bolt lined up, then one at the back , then the one where fender, grill and latch panel all meet, then all the other bolts and fender braces in place on both sides before you tighten any one bolt. Some people say to match inner and outer fender on the ground then hang em as a unit

03-19-2024, 02:12 AM	#4
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,710	Re: Front Fender Alignment I'd say that Leegreen nailed it spot on. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

03-19-2024, 09:51 AM	#5
Nima Blue 67 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Western WA Posts: 1,179	Re: Front Fender Alignment Okay, I figured it out. Thank you guys for the pointers. The front fender has to go over the inner fender and bolts in place. I thought the inner fender lips will bolt to outer fender (the second picture). Thanks, __________________ 1953 GMC 3/4 ton: current project 1967 C20: 5.3 voretc with T5 conversion, 4 wheel 8 lug disc brake 1972 Nova: my 4 door sport sedan! 5.3 voretc + T5 conversion. drivable project, FUN!! 1979 Camaro Z28: 5.3 vortec conversion with build TH350: drivable project, Fun to drive 1992 Camaro RS convertible (Z28 clone): 5.3 conversion with build T5: on going project 2005 Silverado 2500, 4x4 Duramax, original owner

03-19-2024, 01:53 PM	#6
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,710	Re: Front Fender Alignment Anyone who gets one of these front ends all together on the first try without taking a couple of steps back because they skipped a step is cheating. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

03-19-2024, 10:14 PM	#7
nvrdone Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Moxee WA Posts: 1,482	Re: Front Fender Alignment or took a lot of good pictures. __________________ 49 chevy 3100 3 window. 327 / m21 4 spd, 12 bolt w/ 3:55's Bought in 1973 for $235.00. Had it longer than my wife & Kids!!

03-20-2024, 04:15 PM	#9
mick53 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Warsaw IN Posts: 897	Re: Front Fender Alignment Once I found a old 35mm used film rolls in a box I had had for decades. I was talked into spending hundreds of dollars into getting them developed and when I got them back I had no idea who was in them or where they were taken.

03-20-2024, 11:51 PM	#10
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,710	Re: Front Fender Alignment When I drove the 48 to Bonneville and Pleasanton and back in 1998 I shot 25 rolls of 36 photos on the trip and it took me about 3 or 4 paydays taking a few rolls in at a time to afford getting them printed. That is 900 photos. I shot over 1200 digital photos in one day at Deuce days NW in 2019. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

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