How did my bed dent my cab?

What’s the paint look like on the bedside corner edges? Your pictures only show the cab damage, no? Is the paint chipped and messed up on the other side too? Also, what do you load on the rack when you wheel and Raptor send it and all the things?

 

Yeah that is weird. I’ll take a pic of mine when the sun comes up. Something moved somewhere for sure.

 

Your dog looks suspect...just sayin.

 

Oh she is....

For anyone following along, all the passenger bed bolts were loose, the front being the worst. About a 1/4" or more of bed flex from the frame when I rocked the front passenger corner of the bed. Check your bed bolts.

 

Good PSA. Also, here’s the livestream with Bert:

 

It's from the frame flexing/moving. That same type of damage is common when a full frame pickup gets rear ended. The frame flexing will cause the bed bolts to loosen over time as well.

 

I checked mine...all good!

 

So you think this was the root cause?

 

I'm sure it contributed to it, I don't think the bed being a little loose is entirely the cause though.

I'm sure playing twister with a loaded bed, loaded rack and loose bed bolts probably all had something to do with it.

 

Not a lot of margin there so with something amiss that margin evaporates. Sorry you had to find out the hard way the bolts were loose.

 

Damn…..makes me want to check torque on the bed bolts.

What are they 55-60?

 

I dunno, but it's now on my list,,, and YES, I have a note on my phone of the things I want to do/check next time I have it on the lift at my buddy's shop

 

I did 60

 

Thanks for sharing this….sucks it happened to you. Hopefully, this may prevent others’ from having the issue as well

 

Of course, thought it was very curious. Never saw that on a taco before, and I've been driving one for nearly 20 years. This one isn't going anywhere anyway, almost paid off and then the real fun will begin

 

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Its a T55 torx socket

 

the frame didn't do it on its own

 

I highly doubt that gently sliding into a snowbank twisted my frame...

 

off roading loosened the bed then flexing, rack, extra weight, all were factors
the frame was flexed or the hitch was bottomed out on

 

Does anyone else think that a poly bed may be suspect to shrink and swell with temperature changes more than a steel or aluminum body causing the bolts to loosen up? I would also think the poly would deflect more when driving as well.

Not saying that is the cause of the dents the OP is experiencing, but a theory nonetheless.