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Originally Posted by joedoh
looks like a great start
you are going to wish you hadnt cut that bed crossmember, I barely cut mine to get at a rusted mounting bolt and after a couple miles that corner is already an inch and a half lower, and I barely cut the thing. you can see the cut section in this picture, the tailpipe is roughly pointing at it
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WE CUT OUR CROSSMEMBER ALSO, WELDED A PIECE OF 1" CHANNEL TO THE INSIDE TOP OF THE CROSSMEMBER, BOLTED THE CUT CROSSMEMBER TO THE TOP OF THE FRAME, THEN ADDED A BRACE FROM THE FRAME TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CROSSMEMBER TO KEEP IT FROM SAGGING...
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...3673&k=7qBM5tJ
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...7258&k=TgQNdwk
LOOK IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE PICTURE AND YOU CAN SEE THE ANGLE BRACKET WE USED TO SUPPORT THE CROSSMEMBER.
VIEW SHOWS THE 1" CHANNEL RUNNING ACROSS:
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...5429&k=gWBxmmr