Dear list, I am just about at the point of undoing the mounting bolts and pulling the cab of my 1/2 ton 5 window cab. I have several questions before doing this however: 1. How many strong men/women
Gordon, if you have access to a welder, then yes I would box the frame. You might not have to do the whole length, but I would at least do it in several sections to help stiffen things up a bit. I di
Author: "Antonio R. Tijerino" <antonio@innercite.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 22:01:46 -0700
When I removed the cab in my truck, we did it 3 people, two could do it, but it is tight. When I put it back on, there were only two of us. Glass was the only thing left on the cab, everything else w
One. Just tie a rope through the windows, hook up the shop crane and start pumping. Comes right off. Regards, Grant S. oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
Were you not concerned that the weight of the cab on the top of the door frames would tweak something like the hinges or the door frames out of alignment? I am about to lift my '55-2nd series cab fr
I don't think the cab will twist if the rotten parts are just in the corners where the mounts are located and the door opening to cab floor is solid. If it was me though, I would tack weld the doors
To make a long story short, my father and I pulled the cab off of my 50 3100 using some long 2X4's,2X6's and blocks. We simpliy pried the cab up and blocked underneath and pulled the truck out from u
When I pulled the cab off my 55 2nd , I made a harness with a 2X4 acrosed the cab floor and a couple of chains going to the mounting bolts (screwed in from the top). I was able to left it very easily
I lifted my cab with a chain fall as many do. I am however afraid of tweaking the top of the cab if lifted in the middle of the door opening. I now use a home built fixture to lift across the opening
frames Hi Tom, I've always heard it is better to leave the doors in because it adds to the rigidity of the cab. I have lifted them with and without and have not had problems either way. The cabs are
when i pulled the cab on my 51, i stripped it, and then me, my wife, my 14 year old daughter, and my eighteen year old son simply picked it up and walked it over to a set of sawhorses. No big deal at
When I removed my cab, I took off the doors and lifted it with 4 chainfalls, after bolting plates to the hinge spring locations and to the striker locations. Yeah ,I know OVERKILL but it was very sta