PullRite 4439 "Picture Frame" Adapter
I'm attempting to install my PullRite 4439 "Picture Frame" Adapter in the bed of my 2014 RAM 2500. The passengers side pins and from to rear rail go in fine. On the drivers side, the pins, when in...
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The brackets sit in between two pieces of steel that are welded on top of the frame. Yes there could be a little slop in the positioning of them. There was no stated distance in the directions. Say the brackets ended up sort of pushed toward each other or apart when they were installed and the pin positions were sort of apart from each other when the picture frame was built you could have too tight of a fit. The picture frame is held in a jig fixture and welded. Like anything if you are a little to one side of the tolerance on one part and a little in the other direction with the other part you now have interference.
I cant remember but I think I did clean my pins up with a flapper wheel. It's a pretty tough and crude design. Like a skeleton key going in. You dont want to grind a 1/4 inch off the engagement tab but it wont hurt to clean them up. I'd loosen the brackets first. I dont think you would have to loosen the bed to get to those bolts. They had to be loosened in order to get the bracket on top of the frame rail and in between those two side plates. Then 2 long bolts go through.
I'm a little pessimistic about taking something like that to the dealer with someone working flat rate and never having done it before. It would probably come back with the pins ground/cleaned up and maybe even a dent in the bed from dropping or banging the picture frame around. :E
I cant remember but I think I did clean my pins up with a flapper wheel. It's a pretty tough and crude design. Like a skeleton key going in. You dont want to grind a 1/4 inch off the engagement tab but it wont hurt to clean them up. I'd loosen the brackets first. I dont think you would have to loosen the bed to get to those bolts. They had to be loosened in order to get the bracket on top of the frame rail and in between those two side plates. Then 2 long bolts go through.
I'm a little pessimistic about taking something like that to the dealer with someone working flat rate and never having done it before. It would probably come back with the pins ground/cleaned up and maybe even a dent in the bed from dropping or banging the picture frame around. :E
