John, Carters was cheap?? New one to me. Anyway, he also sells a little
booklet for about $4 that tells and shows bed assembly and such. Get it!
On the x-members.....I don't think they fasten to sides at all. All but one
bolt to frame with blocks/pads/long bolts and them the wood is setting on
them and wood is bolted to sides at angles when sides set on. Doesn't bolt
to front panel either, again thru the wood. The rear one is part of metal on
outside of bed below gate, is usually welded at ends to sides. It DOES bolt
down to frame with little 1/4" pads under it. It's about only one that is
solidly bolted until wood is installed. bed sides and front will move around
some till wood is in and metal is bolted to it.
G. L. Perry
Huntington, IN
-------Original Message-------
From: Jon
Date: Monday, October 28, 2002 18:25:01
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Cc: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [oletrucks] Bed assembly
Well group it's that time of the year for me. Just bought a complete bed for
my 50 3100 from Jim Carter's! A few questions for everyone.....
1. Could someone take a couple of pictures of how the rear crossmember
connects to the bed. I want to make sure I drill the holes in the proper
place.
2. Also a picture or 2 of their front crossmember attached to the bed front
and connecting to the sides.
3. Just to let everyone know. I had Jim Carter's and other vendors give me
bids on the complete bed and they came quite a few hundred dollars less than
all the rest. And the quality is great. Oh yeah....The parts are Made in the
US of A. NOT imported.
The only problem is the assembly of the crossmembers. My old pictures do not
show how the crossmembers connected properly to the bed sides, and there
were
no instructions.
4. Now I have to take the rear fenders in for blasting as the weather is too
wet and cold to do this outside, besides there is a national chain that
happens to have a shop about 3 miles from my house. And they are very
reasonable as they had done my cab about 5 years ago. I did my frame and
most
of the suspension in my driveway, the small parts to include the rims in my
sand blasting cabinet.
5. Does anyone need a good torque tube rear and trans? Mine is complete with
new brakes, shoes and hardware also new rear bearings and seals. Sandblasted
and painted a few years ago, same with the trans.
Jon
Hanover Park, IL
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