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Old 04-01-2010, 12:50 PM   #1
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Sagging cab?

looking at my truck on the passenger side, the cab and bed line up fine but on the drivers side the cab is lower than the bed as i've seen on numerous other trucks on the road. I cant stand it! What causes that? how hard would it be to fix?
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Old 04-01-2010, 12:53 PM   #2
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Re: Sagging cab?

When I got my truck it had the same problem... I got new body mounts and installed them problem fixed.
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Old 04-01-2010, 12:56 PM   #3
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Re: Sagging cab?

how hard was it? do i need to remove a bunch of stuff?
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Old 04-01-2010, 01:27 PM   #4
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Re: Sagging cab?

Check out this article on cab bushings:
http://www.73-87.com/7387garage/exte...b_bushings.htm
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Old 04-01-2010, 02:58 PM   #5
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Re: Sagging cab?

awesome article! thanks a lot! i definitely will do this at the same time i'm doing my new gas tank this next week. two birds with one stone!
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Old 04-01-2010, 10:03 PM   #6
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so wait. the retaining nut is hidden... and must be reused???
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