Moms wedding present 49 chevy 5 window LS 4L60e TCI frame

[jocww]

Scott, it was short, a few months ago I gave them the measurements and they compared it to their cad. TCI came and picked the frame up from my house as Good Guys was this weekend, then they drove it to the shop where he is going to lengthen it. Evan said it was about an 1.5 in too short, but that told Tom add more just in case so maybe he will do it 3 in. Per Tom, the beds should not even be close to touching about 1in apart. I would contact Jay. So far they are making me happy.

[Scott2]

Originally Posted by jocww

Scott, it was short, a few months ago I gave them the measurements and they compared it to their cad. TCI came and picked the frame up from my house as Good Guys was this weekend, then they drove it to the shop where he is going to lengthen it. Evan said it was about an 1.5 in too short, but that told Tom add more just in case so maybe he will do it 3 in. Per Tom, the beds should not even be close to touching about 1in apart. I would contact Jay. So far they are making me happy.

That’s just about what I’m missing. With scootching the cab forward and the bed back with new holes drilled, it’ll work. If my truck wasn’t almost completed I’d think about fixing the chassis but taking the entire thing apart would set me back way too much.

[jocww]

Originally Posted by Scott2

That’s just about what I’m missing. With scootching the cab forward and the bed back with new holes drilled, it’ll work. If my truck wasn’t almost completed I’d think about fixing the chassis but taking the entire thing apart would set me back way too much.

how does your wheels look? are the hubs centered to the opening of your wheel well? Hopefully your suspension and ds will let you move back the space you need.

[Scott2]

Originally Posted by jocww

how does your wheels look? are the hubs centered to the opening of your wheel well? Hopefully your suspension and ds will let you move back the space you need.

I’ll look at it all again tomorrow. The best I can do is get the bed about 1/2” separated from the cab and at that point the rear bed mounting pads are over halfway past the end of the chassis! I think I’m happy to find out the chassis is short because I thought I just wasn’t getting it set up right. That answers a bunch of questions but I’m not sure what to do at this point.

I do need to look and see how the rear end is set up in relation to the center of the fender. When I was setting the axle position I could not get it right - it was too far back. TCI didn’t understand but they had not figured out your chassis (and now mine) was too short at that point. This explains the rear axle problem. I had to cut my 4 link bars by about 1.5” and re-thread them to get the axle positioned right. Damn!