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So far it seems as though:
- There is nothing wrong with any of the pucks from the body lift..
- The rear suspension isn't sagging
- The hangars seem to be intact
- Weight isn't an issue; the Flip-Pac weighs less than 300lbs
Additional information:
- I obviously don't jump the truck or run it hard offroad in similar scenarios of the truck leaving the ground
- West truck - So there's no rust issues to lead me astray
- Once when out on a fishing day trip with some buddies I had noticed the way i was parked on a weird angle that the body line was moved almost 2.5" with the bed being lower than the cab character line.
Which I am not gonna lie is making me paranoid in some aspects that there is a frame issue somehow like perhaps a crack or something else. Maybe I have a cross member loose or twisted somehow?
I plan on getting under the truck better this weekend and I am going to scour the entire bottom of the truck starting from the rear of the cab back and then forward again on the opposite frame rail in search of any possible cracks. To which I'll have welded to repair but as I near getting the 94 4x4 frame stripped down the thoughts of hard facing the outside of the frame and Or Boxing in the majority of the frame since it will be an entire body and engine swap and a frame up "like" restoration. I could do this after I strip the entire frame down and before it gets sent out for painting.
Thoughts on the two ideas of frame strengthening methods? Pro's, Con's of either? Any reference material i should absorb myself into available? I will need to add this into planning and budgets as well as the educational aspects.
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