Dismantling my '52 I noticed that the right (passenger) front rail seems to be bent. I'll try to post pictures a little later but the right front spring mount rivets have been replaced with bolts and the spring hanger itself is blue with the rest of the truck OD. Somewhere along the line it must have been in a front end collision, possibly only the right side. It appears to be 1"-2" off line eyeballing it. Does anyone have any pictures looking down the frame rails from the front to compare to? What about dimensions of the frame so I can check with a tape. What advice - straighten? Won't notice so don't bother?
I'm removing the 318 and dropping the stock 6 back in and one front mount and one rear mount, on opposite sides have been removed so I think I may need to line up before I replace. Thoughts? Pictures required?
Bent Frame
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Bent Frame
Todd
'52 M37 W/W
'52 M37 WOW
'01 Dodge Durango
'07 Jeep Rubicon (JK)
'52 M37 W/W
'52 M37 WOW
'01 Dodge Durango
'07 Jeep Rubicon (JK)
Sierra, just happens I have...
... a stripped bare titled frame.
Zipcode 97882, Umatilla, OR
Want it? Come and get it. Will be headed to the tossing it out on command from War Department list.
We stripped truck down, it is a WW frame, holes through drivers side front of frame for winch drive shaft.
kevinL
five 4 one 5 six 7 seven 92 ate (my cell)
Zipcode 97882, Umatilla, OR
Want it? Come and get it. Will be headed to the tossing it out on command from War Department list.
We stripped truck down, it is a WW frame, holes through drivers side front of frame for winch drive shaft.
kevinL
five 4 one 5 six 7 seven 92 ate (my cell)
'52 M-37 "Old Blue" still in 11enty-bazillion parts
'52 M-37 "Rusty Red" parted
'52 M-37 "Rusty Red" parted
Thanks Kevin
I brought the frame to a frame shop and quick diamond checking indicates it's off by 1/2" per side in the middle and 1/4" per side in the front. He identified the places where welds were made after straightening at the motor pool and suggested even if he did work on it, first flex on a trail and it would likely pop back to where it presently is. So the prognosis is to use it as is.
Todd
'52 M37 W/W
'52 M37 WOW
'01 Dodge Durango
'07 Jeep Rubicon (JK)
'52 M37 W/W
'52 M37 WOW
'01 Dodge Durango
'07 Jeep Rubicon (JK)
Question of the day?
What wrong with the serial number?