Rambling
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- Oct 8, 2014
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- Magnum 4.7
Hey guys, it’s been a while since I’ve been on the Forum, but I need some help. First off, I hope I’m posting in the right section. If not, I apologize. My issue is my truck bed has severely rotted front and middle cross members. The left front of the bed near the cab is actually not held down anymore, it moves and squeaks like mad. It’s so bad that side dropped a whole 1” compared to the other side which is still intact, for now.
In a perfect world, I’d get a replacement bed since my floor is somewhat rotted in that corner too. But because of my current medical condition and not working right now, I need to make due with what I got and try and fix it. I’m sure some of us have been in that situation before. Regardless, my buddy has agreed to try and help me redo the cross members. Luckily he’s pretty good at fabbing stuff, and he’s pretty good with a welder too. So there’s hope.
So here’s where I need help. We’ve both never taken a truck bed off before. I’ve watched the only video I could find which wasn’t long, and read up on how to do it. Some of it helped, but some of it was pretty vague. So I was wondering if anyone has ever taken a bed off a 3rd Gen Ram 1500..? If so, would it be possible to give me a step by step process of removing the bed..? How may bolts to remove, wiring to disconnect, etc. I know there’s more to it then that. But any step by step wakthrough of what to do would certainly help a lot. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
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In a perfect world, I’d get a replacement bed since my floor is somewhat rotted in that corner too. But because of my current medical condition and not working right now, I need to make due with what I got and try and fix it. I’m sure some of us have been in that situation before. Regardless, my buddy has agreed to try and help me redo the cross members. Luckily he’s pretty good at fabbing stuff, and he’s pretty good with a welder too. So there’s hope.
So here’s where I need help. We’ve both never taken a truck bed off before. I’ve watched the only video I could find which wasn’t long, and read up on how to do it. Some of it helped, but some of it was pretty vague. So I was wondering if anyone has ever taken a bed off a 3rd Gen Ram 1500..? If so, would it be possible to give me a step by step process of removing the bed..? How may bolts to remove, wiring to disconnect, etc. I know there’s more to it then that. But any step by step wakthrough of what to do would certainly help a lot. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
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