The top tube where my shock mounts to snapped off and i want to know what that tube is called.

The mount can be saved which is great so im going to be hopefully rewelding soon


heres some pics. its my rear passenger side and i stuck a pipe in there to give some support.


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if there is a way to get a little farther back of a picture that would be helpfull i cant really tell what that is just by how close it is i would need to see the part of the frame where it goes and stuff so i maybe able to identify it but i might not at the same time

 

give me 2 minutes.

 

ok ill wait ill be trying to find some pictures and descriptions of a frame to reference it off of

 

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sorry my phone takes really large pictures for some reason

 

it looks to me like its a frame support tube that runs the lenght of the frame
as it runs the width of the frame
i couldnt any real good discriptions on the web when i searched
but im almost positive thats what its called
and i would also suggest after you get it rewelded put some undercoating on the frame so it will help stop rusting

 

i was actually planning on buying heavy duty bed liner brushing all the **** off my frame and coating my whole frame in that stuff

 

nice when i get around to it im gonna do my frame and the rockers and lower half of my truck like that after i fix all the panels that needed patched up and replaced

 

It sound like you can weld?

Get some new shock mounts cut the entire cross tube out and weld in a new one, with new shock mount brackets. If this is something that you can not do take it to a frame shop and they can take care of it.

By the looks of your photos you may also have to weld some additional support on your frame it looks like it too may be compromised do to rust.

I would not try to save any of your old rusted brackets they will only fail again and you may end up with a shock through the bottom of your bed. If this happens??

More Money!

Good luck

jvp

 

Im still going to buy myself a better truck also with no rust.

When i get my mig welder actually hooked up (have no clue how to work with electrical things.) im going to keep it as a project and rip the whole bed off and work from there and add more cross support because i can get ahold of free stainless steel

Also luckily for me the back is being supported by my leafsprings so i shouldn't have a shock rocketing though my bed lol. But im definately buying another chevy or GMC i want a durmax but those things are expensive