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Help Identify replacement part!!

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Skimonster, Dec 12, 2023.

  1. Dec 12, 2023 at 3:23 PM
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    Skimonster

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    I'm fixing my fudged up frame and had to cut my bed off due to rust. This cross member is broken and needs to be replaced but I cannot figure out how to find a replacement part. Any ideas welcome.

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  2. Dec 12, 2023 at 3:57 PM
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    0xDEADBEEF

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    I believe that part is welded to the bed. Don’t think you’ll be able to find it alone.
     
  3. Dec 12, 2023 at 4:11 PM
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    Skimonster

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    On the ends there's removeable bolts securing it to the bed. I believe it's called a bed support but I can't identify the part online .
     
  4. Dec 12, 2023 at 4:16 PM
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    super_white

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    Using the VIN tag in the door jamb, you might be able to find a part number from here: https://partsouq.com/
     
  5. Dec 12, 2023 at 4:44 PM
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    Andy01DblCabTacoma

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    I would just fix that one you have... a little bit of small gauge plate and some spot welding, done...
     
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    I'll probably have to just fix it as the actual part replacement is not common unless I can talk a rec yard into parting with one.
     
  7. Dec 12, 2023 at 6:05 PM
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    If that's your actual bed, just fix it.

    If you cut it out, make a new one.
     
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    Now this might not be your exact microfiche……it’s a 96
    But I’m confident that would apply

    Those dotted lines of 3 X members mean that those parts only come with bed floor
    Which is NLA

    gonna have to cut and weld 2 new sections of X member where bed bolts are
    Hell, probably $20 in material but the labor…..ugh
    Lots of vids/TV shows out there to point you in right direction
    Not rocket science, but with some patience/sweat/cursing/cardboard templates, completely doable
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    Non Appearance
    So no body shop painting!
     
  10. Dec 12, 2023 at 11:38 PM
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    O'Silver_Taco

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    I'd just take a piece of angle iron and mount it right over that piece all the way across ....upside down...
    taking care the fuel tank clears it....

    and then space up the other mounts that same thickness.....so the bed levels out...


    Kinda looks like it was off-roaded with a shell on it....
    ......I had a dakota that the front wall broke....probably from a shell sometime in the past....
     
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  11. Dec 12, 2023 at 11:47 PM
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