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barrman :
Re: Xl spare tire mounting with pictures
Post by barrman on Aug 14, 2006, 11:19am
I meant "will the stock fuel tank clear the new crossmember he put in ahead of the rear axle?"
I pulled my fuel tank out two weeks ago to make the sender work again and could barely fit my head between the axle and the tank while undoing the tank straps.
Iam not trying to pick on the work. I like the solution to the spare problem and will proably copy it in some for or other. Great work and looks good.
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whydah :
Re: Xl spare tire mounting with pictures
Post by whydah on Aug 14, 2006, 12:11pm
fisherman
that was an excellent post, thanks.
idea:
i'd imagine if you were using a tire that had a softer sidewall when deflated, you could leave that tube there. you would just compress that edge of the tire when it came into contact with the tube. of course, you would have on-board air to fill the spare. this is where mine is going after i reroute exhaust.
who am i kidding? i have 10 other more important items to do.
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fsjguy :
Re: Xl spare tire mounting with pictures
Post by fsjguy on Aug 14, 2006, 12:56pm
That's NICE work.
Where's the quarter? <g>
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fisherman :
Re: Xl spare tire mounting with pictures
Post by fisherman on Aug 14, 2006, 1:54pm
The crossmember is above the rear axle, and if fully loaded there will be about 2 inches between crossmember and top of pumpkin when sitting on the bumpstops. I don't believe I will ever haul anything to put her to the bumpstops. Also I could mount a bumpstop on the crossmember to contact the top of the differentia. As far as all my measurements the stock gas tank should clear fine.
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fisherman :
Re: Xl spare tire mounting with pictures
Post by fisherman on Aug 14, 2006, 10:32pm
Barrman, man you got me all worried, went back out and measured again today, between 6 and 7 inches between crossmember and rear of gas tank. I know I meaured everything at least 4 times on 3 different days. Still quite a abit of work left to do before the cab and bed go on. It'l be a couple months.
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barrman :
Re: Xl spare tire mounting with pictures
Post by barrman on Aug 15, 2006, 8:00am
Sorry to worry you. I didn't have my truck to crawl under before I asked the question. Well thought out and done mod.
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blairdes :
Re: Xl spare tire mounting with pictures
Post by blairdes on Aug 27, 2006, 2:22pm
Nice job! I'll try to remember this one when I do mine this winter.
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binfordm715 :
Re: Xl spare tire mounting with pictures
Post by binfordm715 on Aug 28, 2006, 12:12am
It looks even better in person! I will DEFINITELY do that to mine when I have the bed off.
And there's no way that axle won't clear it. Even if both bumpstops mashed up to the metal, there'd still be a good inch. You're set, man.....
<SUB>[Edit: Bad contraction] (?!)</SUB>
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bbm715 :
Re: Xl spare tire mounting with pictures
Post by bbm715 on Aug 28, 2006, 12:21am
Quote: <TABLE class=bordercolor cellSpacing=1 width="90%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><TABLE class=quote cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%">I will DEFINITELY do that to mine when I have the bed off.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
You'll do it Tim? Or you'll have Fisherman do it? Man I need to move to the left coast so Fisherman can paint my schtuff!
BTW Tim, your truck is looking way cool.
Nice mod Fisherman!
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binfordm715 :
Re: Xl spare tire mounting with pictures
Post by binfordm715 on Aug 28, 2006, 12:27am
Depends on what my welding skills look like by then!