Body Mount Relocate Kit (RedGoatFab & Haws)

Came in. Looks good. Pic to follow.

 

Be safe when doing your install. Fire extinguisher, disconnect the battery, and use a cutoff wheel and not a blowtorch when removing your old mounts. No need to burn up your truck

Happy Modding

 

LOL I have to wait a long time till my frame comes in. Then going to cut that bad boy!

 

Anyone start the install on these yet?? Can you post up some pics?

 

Too cold here - gonna be a while.

 

Just now seeing this. Great idea. Surprised it took this long for something so useful and needed to come out.

 

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Waiting on my frame replacement first,

 

Had my relocation kit for about a week now. Probably do the install after a planned wheeling trip next month. At one time I heard there was going to be an install video or some photos. Is this available yet? Nice to see it being done for a guide.

 

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So I started first thing in the morning around 9am and finished around 6pm with all the cleanup amd considering I waisted a lot of time with my welder that was giving me problems.
One thing you have to remember that this mount is designed if you are using a body lift so I cut 1.5" out of the botom, I left part of the stock mount and gussed it in
Dont mind the not so pretty welds.. my welder is not the best plus im not using gas

 

Nice! Great clearance afterwards!

 

When I took a peak under at mine and the one Haws had done, It looked a little different. Where is your scrap? Just curious what you cut off and if you mounted them with them angled forward or backward?

 

How far is the firewall beaten or cut back or tubbed?

 

is this where you welded in Red?

 

Thanks for reposting the pix bigger, I havent got it figured out yet. My scrap is in little pieces! There in no way to cut in in one shot unless you took off the cab.
1- The best way to figure it out is lift the body up off the frame with the middle and front mount bolts off (do one side at a time only) EDIT: JUST ENOUGH TO STICK A SMALL 2X4 piece of wood under the fame for support the cab while you cut the old mount off. Keep an eye on brake line and other components not to dammage anything.
2- then bolt the lower plate to the original hole with supplied sqare head bolt snug so the plate can still twist. (Dont make the mistake I did by drilling the second hole in the floor board yet till you weld the mount)
3- like in my pictures the back of the mount cut and grind flush, the front of the mount leave about 1/8" or a little more, top of the mount cut after the drop where the flat part is where the rubber mount sits on. The lower is different by your prefrence! I marked 1.5" in the front and tapered toward the back of the mount flush with the frame
4- I cut 1.5" of the botom of the new relocation mount to fit (without a body lift application)
5- I put the mount flat on the frame (not facing forward) the other mount, it sits 90° to the frame. The back of the new mount sits a little over an 1/8th" past the weld of the old mount. Line up the mount with the rubber mount installed to be centered with the hole of the floorboard plate while twisting the plate to line up the holes, fix it and weld it right under the lower old mount. (I hope that makes sence)
6- I plated the front side in a 45° and put two gussets underneath since the new mount was cut down
7- NOW drill the hole in the foor board ( I drilled it first and had to drill a second one) ops

Dont judge me by my welds! I know they are not pretty and if you wanna see better please donate a good welder with gas set up and I can post more projects id like to do with pix. Im having problems with my welder but it does the job ok

 

Cut back, folded over, then a little hammer time and welded (tubbed)

Edit: From the top of the pinch weld (which is about 3/4"-1") I took out 3" at botom and tapered toward the end of the pinch weld is -1"

 

NO! THIS IS HIS PROTOTYPE. it has three holes and ours has two. Like I said in the other post, the back edge comes out at about a 1/4" further back than the stock mount welding point. The way to do it is bolt the front bolt of the plate only (dont drill hole yet) and leave it loose so it can be rotated, place new mount and line it up with the new hole while the rubber bushing is attached to the new mount and you get the exact location

 

Leave the top of the old mount so you can have a reference point for the location of the level for the body to sit at the proper heigth. You dont want to mistake the height and place it wrond to tweek the cab. Weld the new mount right under the old lip

Edit: if you weld it right under the old mount lip it makes up for the thickness of the floorboard plate

 

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