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Flexed my K20 in a ditch *PICS*

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No rocks here, just a little ditch (ya gotta work with what ya have). Do others cabs and beds go this crazy? The bed has dented the back of the cab where it hits.

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This one shows the angle difference between the front and rear axle
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yikes! that bed is diong some major running away... besides that... nice pics... another picture for my desktop /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
Thanks /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif I've been working on it since I got it 10 months ago and this is the first thing I've done with it (other than mudding 1 time with the last tranny/tcase, but they broke). The front needs some longer shackles, the spring mashed the frame pretty good /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
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Not only is your suspension flexing, so is your frame.

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But is this good or bad or neither? /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
 
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I would say "bad", but your frame is no different than anybody elses. It just makes the rivets in a frame a little looser.
 
Maybe I'll stay out of the ditches and in the mud... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
I had a 78 K10 p/u, and the frame flexed pretty much the same (didn't have much susp flex) so I wasn't shocked to the bed/cab angle difference, just not quite THAT much...I'd think too much could damage motor & tranny mounts...or bust the frame (crack)
 
Does the thing have a body lift? They seem to exagerate the flex. That thing looks way more flexed out than it should be, is the bed bolted in tight and everything?
 
Yep, 3" body lift. The cab still has the original rubber mounts from '79. The bed is very rusty, it uses all 4 mounting holes in the front section but only 2 in the rear, they are tight though.
 
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But is this good or bad or neither? /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

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Nature of the beast /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

You can't keep that length of frame rigid - especially when the body is two separate pieces, and no jungle-gym.

Old Fords did this as well... and they get scars on the back of the cab (from the box) to prove it! /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif
 
I had a Crew Cab K-3500 ( GMC ) that flexed WAAAAY to much when crossing ruts while off road - people would always ask me how the dents got on the back of the cab and when I told them that it was from the bed they could not believe that it would flex that much ...... /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
I called them off road battle scars .
If you flex it enough times like that you will never see your body lines match up again /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif.
Tom
 
I have the same truck besides being a 1973. My bed does not flex anywhere near that much. If your suspension is designed to flex; I wouldn't think the bed would have to move that much. /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
 
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nice flex. /forums/images/graemlins/peace.gif /forums/images/graemlins/bow.gif /forums/images/graemlins/bow.gif /forums/images/graemlins/bow.gif
 
I think you put in some crossmembers /forums/images/graemlins/weld.gif Then you should see if it makes a difference when you get your flex on.


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The body lift makes a huge difference...when I had a 3" with the stock rubber mounts the body flexed a lot, with no body lift and and poly mounts it is MUCH better! The leverage the bolts have squeeze the sh!t out of the rubber mounts /forums/images/graemlins/eek.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I had it in the ditch again today, and the stock rubber mounts do smash quite a bit. The back cab mounts are about 3" tall and while flexing one side is smashed almost completly flat.




Also went muddin' today in the swamp /forums/images/graemlins/peace.gif /forums/images/graemlins/peace.gif /forums/images/graemlins/peace.gif

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Ya it was alot of fun. Not bad for Ground Hawgs considering someone( /forums/images/graemlins/screwy.gif) on this forum says they suck... /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif
 
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