step side bumber help needed

[Buddy]

I have an 85 4x4 shorty, I have changed my bed out for a step side. I tryed to install in this weekend and everything went great but i noticed  my rear bumber brackets don't seem to work. they hit my box. my question is there different types of brackets for a step side than there are for the fleet side?

[beastie_3]

You installed a step side bed on your truck and the step side bumper hits? Where does it hit? Can you get pics? What year is the new bed and bumper from?

[bake74]

  I just looked at my step side and my fleet side trucks and the brackets are different.  The step side seems longer and wider than the fleet side ones.   Tom

[78BBSTEPSIDE]

just sent ya an email with a picture of the inner and outer brackets, could not upload on the site as the picture was too big. hope it helps.

[Buddy]

hey guys

I still tring to get this figuered out. I have tried everything to get this bumper to fit my step side and I am going crazy!!! The first problem is that i cant get the hols lined up, I can tweak it a little and get the bolt holes in and it is way out of wack. I have switched the bed from a fleet side to a step side and am tring to find out if they are different brackets!! I think they are, I need someone to show me a picture or something so I can try to find them or give me some idea of what I can do!!!

[Captkaos]

The bumpers on a stepside are different than a fleetside and there for different.  The bumper should bolt up though just be too long.

when you are putting it on, don't tighten all the bolts as you install them.

[Buddy]

so you are the bumpers are even different, i didn't know that. i thought it was just the brackets. So is the only bumper that fits a step side  is one off of a step side? do any other fit that you can swap out?

[bake74]

  a step side bumper is shorter than a fleet side, so yes you need one off a step side truck.  like capt said, you can bolt a fleet side bumper to a step side, it will just be longer and stick out on the ends.

[Captkaos]

Stepside:
http://store.73-87chevytrucks.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=7&Product_Code=4143-800-672&Category_Code=7387RearBumpers

Fleetside:
http://store.73-87chevytrucks.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=7&Product_Code=0851-022C&Category_Code=7387RearBumpers