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I ordered a summit BL, and its here..Well i was flipping through the catalog that came with it, it said the BL would require welding..And could not be used with airbags???

Is this true or not?? I need to know as i am putting i on in the morning
 
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The only welding will be on the crush blocks for under your bed. Not really necessary.

I just pulled the airbag fuse like it said and put it back in after the install.
 
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oh ok, i forgot about that...duh me..thanks man
 
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Yep, just place the crush blocks under there, they get sandwiched between the bed and the frame, they're not moving.
 
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^^I still gotta do that.


Yea...jsut let the blocks sandwich. I was going to make mine bolt-on so it'll just bolt to the frame and the bed will just kinda lay on top of them.
 
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Mine aren't under there either lol, I need to realign the bed with the cab anyway so I'll just do it then.
 
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I didnt use those cheap as crush blocks. I personally dont think they will do a damn thing
 
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Mine aren't under there either lol, I need to realign the bed with the cab anyway so I'll just do it then.
How does your bed got off alignment, if it has holes the bolts go through,,ya know what i mean??
 
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There's adjustment to it. just like the cab on the frame and just like bumpers...there's room for adjustment. if the bolts are tightend before proper adjustment......the bed wouldn't be square to the cab; square to the bumpers, etc.
 
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Yep exactly like Shane said. You can actually move it around a lot, I just forgot to make sure it was perfect before I went back and tightened it down.
 
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LT. Dangle....

I suggest doing your bed first. Easiest. Get it perfect to the cab. Then tackle the cab. My cab moved some while installing the blocks. It takes a damn good push with full body weight to get the cab aligned properly with teh bed. Heads up.
 
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Does the bed move because of the Bl? Because on my truck the bed falls down into one spot and it doesnt move much if at all. I thought maybe that was just something with Bl's
 
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There's gotta be adjustment....even stock. After the BL, the bed does wiggle a little bit driving down the road. No clue why...mine does it, trevor's does it, scott's does it, austin's does it.
 
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Weird, I've had mine off like 5 times and it falls back in perfectly everytime. I didnt know there was an adjustment on it.
 
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Originally Posted by Ray_Welder
Weird, I've had mine off like 5 times and it falls back in perfectly everytime. I didnt know there was an adjustment on it.
They just built the truck better in '94
 
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Originally Posted by Fx4wannabe01
LT. Dangle....

I suggest doing your bed first. Easiest. Get it perfect to the cab. Then tackle the cab. My cab moved some while installing the blocks. It takes a damn good push with full body weight to get the cab aligned properly with teh bed. Heads up.
Lol thats not his real name.

Yeah I just grab on my step bars and yanked it, for the other side I just body checked the hell out of the truck haha.
 
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anyone wanna help me put my BL on when it gets here?

PM me
 
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