NJ B.S. Thread

Nope.
The front frame rails are held together by the lower crossmember that the LCas attach to and by the front crossmember.
The entire front frame section is boxed from transmission crossmember forward. Our heavy steel bumpers are held on by six bolts that are attached to 18 gauge steel that is on the front crossmember.
The flex is happening in the middle of the frame. The rear half of the cab goes with the center section of the frame and deforms the body mounts at the front of the cab. The inner fenders attempt to go with it, but the core support is firmly affixed to the front frame rails. The weakest point in this assembly is the core support around the headlights. So this is where fatigue cracks are evident.

Of course I could be wrong.
My thoughts are based on observation, fixing this problem once improperly, now fixing it again most likely improperly again, and experience.

 

Save that piece. And your other pieces of cardboard. That shit is gold

 

Eventually I will probably remake the entire core support. This is a "for now" fix.
And I discovered that the hood is cracked around the drivers 's side hood latch.

 

Your truck is turning into dust.

 

I would say this is primarily a long wheel base issue, but it has happened to AC and DCSB guys too.

Might be cause you still have you sway bar on.

 

Just cracked sheet metal. One day I will walk out to the garage and just see pieces laying on the concrete.

 

Perhaps?

 

This is probably spot on.
One of the first things I noticed on the dash cam was the bumper hoops bobbing up and down along the edge of the hood, one side up, the other down. Never more than an inch.
I thought the bushings on the front were shot, but they were good. That only leaves flex.
I had seen a build where they had run tubes in front and behind the engine, just below the hood and tied them into the frame close to the bucket mounts. I'll have to see if I can track that down.

 

I'll be doing this over the winter. More to reinforce the suspension than to fix the cracking core support though. Eventually that will have to be rebuilt too.

 

Moar pichars of progress prrrease

 

Nice CAD work

 

Cardboard Works is my favourite software!

 

Will take some tonight

 

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Speaking of.. Fresh off the Posterboard Werx Software

 

Thats nice Jay! Are you going to put a panel underneath to prevent the dirt from getting up between the top plate and the tubes or just clean it out often?

 

Thread DESTROYD

 

Hunderp is back... must be Floyd's BDay

 

One of his navy buddies let him out of the locker?

 

Lmao