Pics of Frame Repair

[Melloj123]

Replaced one side of my badly rusted rear C channels. All work done on the ground with body on. Removed spare tire and gas tank and then started cutting, grinding and drilling. As rusted as it was I thought the old channel would come out easy, but not so. Took many hours of dirty work. I had 3/16 plate bent at a local fabricator. Drilled all holes with a hand drill. Drivers side near complete. Now i have to loctite bolts, seal all seams with silicon and try to keep water out, and paint black. Then, on to the next side.

What i started with. Pretty bad. Rest of frame is good.

 

[Melloj123]

Channel out and Rust bullet on.

 

[Melloj123]

New channel in. I used 7/16 Grade 8 bolts. Good for another 23 years.

 

[cruiser88]

excellent

 

[MrMoMo]

Hey! how did you get a picture of the back of my frame?

Mine looks exactly the same - if not worse. Your repair looks great though!

 

[archie]

Thanks for posting with pics! How many hours of work to remove the channel? Do they salt the streets in the winter in Louisville?

 

[mp_cude]

New channel in. I used 7/16 Grade 8 bolts. Good for another 23 years.

If you filp that piece in side out you could tack it up and box the frame...I would...Good job though

 

[Michael Hanson]

Nice, MIKE

 

[kiwidog]

Mello123

So how many times did you swear?

Thanks jb

 

[Melloj123]

I probably have a good 8 hours in the one side after the spare and gas tank were out. Those rivets are a real pain, especially the ones on the top rail. On the other side I plan to find a drill press somewhere which will speed things up on the new holes. And yes, they use salt here. I think the truck spent its whole life here .I have also done some lower quarter and wheel well repairs.

 

[archie]

thanks the info, my 62 looks a little better than that with Chicago winters. But your 60 has a 3 year head start.

 

[ohrly?]

LOL! nice!

bolt on hahahahaha

interesting

 

[GLTHFJ60]

8 hours a side? Damn, I'd almost want to replace the frame instead of putting 16 hours into the rear part of it.

 

[Joe_E]

Wow, damn nice job.

 

[Texx]

Good. God. Never even seen anything like that. God bless Texas!

 

[Spook50]

Good. God. Never even seen anything like that. God bless Texas!

Just goes to show how well our trucks are built ot be able to last that long (and probably even longer) in places where the roads are salted. Glad I don't have to deal with that s*** here. Just the glycol based crap they spray on the mountain roads to prevent icing, and sand at the lower altitudes.

 

[owenjam]

Bump a great repair.

 

[wengejor]

looks pretty good !

 

[alaska60]

well done!

 

[Mikesta]

Thats hard core. Looks great... thanks for sharing this!