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wnjj
Sep 04, 2020Explorer II
Your pictures finally came through for me. Where is the top plate on the passenger side? On my setup, there's a bolt through the bed mount and Torklift plate. Even if the weld broke and the angled bar fell off, the plate should still be bolted up top. On your driver's side I see what looks like a bolt, but no nut or top plate.
Broken welds should not make the hardware disappear but missing hardware could definitely affect the structure. Between this and you mysteriously unclipping spring clip, you seems to have hardware demons, not weak design.
Also, are your bed support posts hacked away at the top to make clearance or something? One is even cracked. When I asked about the stability of the bed mounting, seeing this raises some concern. If the Torklift angled bracket is expected to support the bed where a factory post used to be that can't be good. Your passenger side looks to be cut completely away and bent down. Is that just an artifact of the photo?
Again maybe the photo but even the bed floor looks like it's bent due to lack of support there.
If what I'm seeing is true and you say all of those hacked up factory parts are "professionally installed", you need to get a refund and make them pay to repair your truck.
Broken welds should not make the hardware disappear but missing hardware could definitely affect the structure. Between this and you mysteriously unclipping spring clip, you seems to have hardware demons, not weak design.
Also, are your bed support posts hacked away at the top to make clearance or something? One is even cracked. When I asked about the stability of the bed mounting, seeing this raises some concern. If the Torklift angled bracket is expected to support the bed where a factory post used to be that can't be good. Your passenger side looks to be cut completely away and bent down. Is that just an artifact of the photo?
Again maybe the photo but even the bed floor looks like it's bent due to lack of support there.
If what I'm seeing is true and you say all of those hacked up factory parts are "professionally installed", you need to get a refund and make them pay to repair your truck.
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