"kevin reimer" <kwreimer@msn.com> wrote:
: Bed was bent by the bike being tied down and sucked forward by tie downs, To
: prevent this you can brace the front with a 2x4 stock, or angle iron as you
: said and weld it on, But the bed must come off to straighten this correctly,
: just a matter of 45-60 minutes and a few buddies to lift it off.
If you have a lack of buddies or just like doing things yourself,
you can also do it with a cherry picker. I've seen a device that you
can attach to the cherry picker which fits inside your bed and
lifts it off, but I'm sure something similar can be fabbed up
in a few minutes out of angle iron if you have a welder, or
even 2x4s if you don't. You'll just need to be sure to lift
at the center of balance.
I had my Ram's bed off when I did the suspension lift, and it was
the easiest part of the install. Just a few bolts, unplug the
tail lights, and disconnect the fuel filler hose - comes right off.
---Jon-
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