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Holy frame flex, batman!


Mr99Ranger

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I was driving my ranger down a fairly rutted road the other day and I noticed that with every rut the box flexed at least half an inch. This also happened when driving over some uneven snow. should this much flex really be present?
 


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you might want to check your body mounts. i know mine started to rust but it didnt flex that much. the ones on my 150 are shot and the bed flexes a lot
 
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ya check them i just took my ranger out winter wheeling on the weekend an i was crawling over a big rock pile an once i got over it i got out to just talk to my buddies an noticed that my cab body line was about 2 inchs higher from the bed line, its because i tore the cab mounting bolt threw the frame hanger so ya check all ur bolts washers an bushing.
 

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^^ i have the same problem
 
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