body lines dont line up.

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how do you tell if your frame is tweaked?? My bed isnt bolted down yet but my cab and bed line dont line up. On driver side the cab is a bit lower than cab. can body shims fix this?? but again its not bolted down yet because i gota take bed off again. fix??
 

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Check your cab mounts, chances are they're worn out. It's like a rubber bushing between the cab and frame, there's 4 of them, 1 near each of the corners.
 

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there all brand new.
 

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May have to park it on a level area and measure from the ground to the bottom of the rear cab mount brackets that come off the frame. One could be sagging or something. You could stack a few washers to make up a small amount but I wouldn't do much, it would throw the others out of whack.
 

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so how would i measure it? my driveway isnt that level lol i mean its not horribly off maybe a inch but its anoyying but again i dont even have the bed bolted up. im just kind curious
 

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in these pics you can see my problem. the passanger side is pretty much ok.. lol the driver side is off.. help?
 

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rear cab mount area is damaged or the bushing is worn out. maybe even the floor support on that side. As for the PS looks like the fender up front just needs raised up.
 

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Buy yourself a Burb or K5 and you won;t have to deal with it, :waytogo:
 

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Buy yourself a Burb or K5 and you won;t have to deal with it, :waytogo:

John, I should show you a pic of my rocker panels...and the truck has never been hit.
 

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