jimh406 wrote:
I'm not sure I'm seeing this right. It seems you are suspending your new crossmembers in the air instead of to the frame. What am I missing?
How did you straighten your bed floor?
I guess you just aren’t getting how a bed works with a frame and towers. That’s all you’re missing. Maybe google to see some pictures of trucks without the bed on. Look closely at the frame.
It’s probably inherently a bad design. That’s why the original towers failed to begin with. Anyone know why they designed frames with the dip like that requiring the towers? I think the concept of KISS went out the window with modern vehicles.
Flimsy bed (like all stock beds) is easily straightened by clamping in place or hammering or strapping, depending on the part of the bed, then welding to the new cross members. It’s the weakest sheet metal. Bends very VERY easily.
All in all, not too impressed with the quality of the engineering that goes into this area of a pickup. When we do things on boats (building them), it’s to a completely different level. But I guess going for that quality would make what is essentially a disposable item much more expensive
