Weatherstrip between the cab and bed

[Mineralram]

Picked up my weather strip today at dealer. Cost me $ 18.75 taxes in

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[Mineralram]

Not sure if you can see it in pic but the edge that touches cab is not smooth either

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[Hemi395]

Not sure if you can see it in pic but the edge that touches cab is not smooth either

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Yeah that's a pretty **** poor design imo...

 

[Mineralram]

Soory guys, got too busy on weekend gonna try for this saturday to do the job

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[A05GSHO]

Checked mine out NO rubbing at all.

 

[Hemi395]

I'm wondering if the bed and cab are farther apart on some trucks than others. On mine the weatherstrip is jammed up against the cab. So with that said, is there much adjustment in the bed to move it say 1/4" to the rear to stop this rubbing?

 

[Sir John]

A buddy of mine has a 07 ram and sure enough, that seal is there and it is rubbing the **** out of his cab.

 

[Sir John]

Checked mine out NO rubbing at all.

I'm both not surprised and surprised at the same time. Leave it up to Chrysler's ****** quality control to have some right and others not right.

 

[CLOUDL1GHT]

Agreed. I still need to look at mine but if it was rubbing I'll be cleaning the area and hitting it with some red rustoleum paint to keep it from rusting.

 

[Hemi395]

Anyone have an update on modding this so it won't rub?


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[Mineralram]

Not yet sorry, still have not done mine.

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[mcaligiuri]

just fixed this now, it started on my 2016 500 mile truck. I cut the strip right before it touched the cab. Then bought 5/8 foam door seal and ran it on the cab to make the same seal in case the water getting on the gas tank was gonna be a issue

 

[DavidN]

I just removed mine.
Sure enough - pretty rubbed underneath.
I thought of just leaving it off.
Any concerns??

 

[Hemi395]

I just removed mine.
Sure enough - pretty rubbed underneath.
I thought of just leaving it off.
Any concerns??

The fuel pump is right under that area (on a crew cab) so there's concern over water constantly dripping on the fuel pump if that is removed.

 

[Hemi395]

just fixed this now, it started on my 2016 500 mile truck. I cut the strip right before it touched the cab. Then bought 5/8 foam door seal and ran it on the cab to make the same seal in case the water getting on the gas tank was gonna be a issue

Nice! Might look into doing something like that

 

[DavidN]

The fuel pump is right under that area (on a crew cab) so there's concern over water constantly dripping on the fuel pump if that is removed.

Thanks for that hint!
I like mcaligiuri's solution.

 

[Hemi395]

Yeah same here, that's a good fix...

 

[Sir John]

just fixed this now, it started on my 2016 500 mile truck. I cut the strip right before it touched the cab. Then bought 5/8 foam door seal and ran it on the cab to make the same seal in case the water getting on the gas tank was gonna be a issue

I like where you're going with this and had I caught it when my truck was new I would had done something very similar. The only thing to keep an eye out on would be that foam you stuck on there. It can hold water and if you live in the rust belt, it will hold salty water in the winter time. This is why you see so many 3rd generation Rams with the rear fenders rusting through....oem foam holding water/salt there.

 

[Hemi395]

I like where you're going with this and had I caught it when my truck was new I would had done something very similar. The only thing to keep an eye out on would be that foam you stuck on there. It can hold water and if you live in the rust belt, it will hold salty water in the winter time. This is why you see so many 3rd generation Rams with the rear fenders rusting through....oem foam holding water/salt there.

This is an excellent point, didn't even think about that...

 

[Mega-Hemi]

Just went out and checked mine. Guess I've got another project to add to the list.