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Chassis dimensions start at: http://chevy.tocmp.com/chevyresto/4955.htm frame info: http://chevy.tocmp.com/chevyresto/4970.htm Just my Thoughts, Walt --- In old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > man-that picture makes me sick! > im so sad! > um-first things first. > you are going to have to ACCURATLY measure teh frame and make sure its > striaght. if its not-its not worth fixing. > get truck on flat, level ground. > get a plumb bob or HEAVY nut and piece of string. > start in the front and work your way back. > w/out leaning on truck or anythign like that make sure frame is level > in teh front and in the rear(put a level on it. > if its not level-make it so w/2x4 under tire, jack.. whatever. > once frame is level then start with pencil and work your way around > truck. taking plumb bob on string and holding it to various places on > the frame. wherever the nut hits the ground(or alomst hits-you dont > want it touching ground) make a pencil mark. > what you are doing is 'transcribing' significant frame reference points > from both sides of frame(driver/pass) to the ground so you can make > accurate measurments to determine straightness. > once you ahve all the major points down on the ground- > bumper bolt holes front/rear/left/right > cab mount bracket rivit > shock mount bracket rivit > should have about 3-4 per frame rail for a total of 6-8 marks on ground > spanning frome front-rear. > > now move your truck w/out messing up pencil/chalk marks. > get your helper and measure cross-ways frome front/rear using the > marks. > shouldnt be out more than 1/4" > some guys are gonna comment on the 1/4" but these are/were wrok trucks > and slam/banged together from the factory. ive measure a BUNCH of > known-good frames and 1/4" is the most out i ever found them... with > srping movement and so forth 1/4" isnt gonna show in teh whole length > of the truck. > > do you have a service/shop manual? > yes=go to the back and lokk at the alignment pic-it will give refernce > points, correct dimension, tolerances, and marking locations. > if you dont have one-BUY ONE! and in the meantime email me and i will > scan/send that page. > > and for the rest of you stumbling through this email. if you dont have > the shop manual for your truck-break out the tightwad and buy one! best > tool and the most fun reading ever if you love your truck! even if you > never turna wrench on it-BUY ONE! they are informative and > interesting. > you can find on ebay, all the vendors... theres no excuse. 25$ > delivered in most cases... > mark nor-cal. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
