Darkone:
1. You are using original cross sills, correct? The holes in these were made for using the standard bed wood boards which had holes at the top of the wood instead of hidden holes like we sell. On the cross sills that we sell for this kit, holes are square punched smaller to fit the square shoulder on the bolt so not having a washer there is not an issue. You can use 7/16 flat washers here to put between the bolt and the cross sill for extra support. We sell square hole punched bed-to-frame washers or you can buy 7/16 flat washers locally with a 1/2" hole for the square shoulder of the bolt to fit through.
2. The bolts may spin unless you use something to hold the head as you are tightening the nuts. On the cross sills that we sell for this kit, holes are square punched to help keep this from happening. You can weld a square hole bed-to-frame washer to the cross sill to prevent your bolts from turning.
3. Two (2) of the bed-to-frame holes in the frame do not get a bed to frame bolt. The second cross sill sits on the frame bracket and supports the bed but does not have a bed to frame bolt. What is original on your truck is only 8 bed-to-frame bolts.
4. There is a rubber pad set that we sell for this truck. You can find it here:
http://www.mar-k.com/Catalog/itemDet...?ItemID=120181 .
Hope these help! Feel free to PM me if you have any further questions. You can also email me at
webmaster@mar-k.com.