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Title: Truck Bed - Cross member repairs
Post by: gbskunk2006 on May 10, 2006, 07:31:00 am

Looking for some ideas on how to repair rusted cross member that sits between bed and truck frame?  Fortunately, other cross members are OK.  BTW, I have a 86 GMC C1500 and the truck bed is off the frame.



Thanks in advance.

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Edited by: gbskunk2006 at: 5/10/06 9:43 pm

Title: Re;Truck bed crossmembers
Post by: 123 pugsy on May 10, 2006, 12:26:00 pm

Nice work on your truck.Its looking good.I'm not sure if anyone makes them,but I'm sure you could get one bent up at a fab shop.

Title: Truck Bed - Cross Member Repairs
Post by: gbskunk2006 on May 10, 2006, 01:21:00 pm

Thanks for the feedback.  Looks the photo of it may not have uploaded properly?  In any event, most of you will know what I'm talking about.  Fab shop is a good idea, although I was thinking of just applying POR-15 to it, and for added strength attaching two metal pieces on either side and sandwiching the whole thing with screws (I don't have a mig welder).  This is going to be a daily driver so no one should notice :-)

thx

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Title: Re: Truck Bed - Cross Member Repairs
Post by: roundedline on May 10, 2006, 05:46:00 pm

Couldn't see the pic you were talking about on you site, but photos have to be uploaded to the web and linked to this forum.  Depending on how bad it was, I would probably replace it with steel...

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Title: Re: Truck Bed - Cross member repairs
Post by: Blazin on May 10, 2006, 06:31:00 pm

I have used box tube before to replace them.

Title: Re: Truck Bed - Cross member repairs
Post by: toplessblazer on May 10, 2006, 09:55:00 pm

here is the pic he's talking about...