Is this detrimental?

[ZMan]

Rusted out cradles have been the demise of many many cars. Big problem with Escapes too.

This is my '01 Accord cradle I changed out last year. Took me and my buddy 4 hours on his lift. Bought a "new" one from CA on ebay for $150 shipped. I got this car in Florida, it was likely caused by the A/C drain dripping on it constantly.
A few years ago my uncle gave me a running '99 Accord that the front half of the cradle rotted, you couldn't drive it because the wheel flopped back and forth. Wish I kept that car, but my buddy didn't have a lift at the time.

 

[91stranger]

That picture looks like a fake pic. The pic of the suburban in two pieces on the lift. I don't think a vehicle would fall like that. Also there is not a spot of rust anywhere on the vehicle so it's either a shop with too much time on their hands and wanted to make a pic for "epic fails.com" or someone seriously should not be working on a vehicle.

 

[adsm08]

That picture looks like a fake pic. The pic of the suburban in two pieces on the lift. I don't think a vehicle would fall like that. Also there is not a spot of rust anywhere on the vehicle so it's either a shop with too much time on their hands and wanted to make a pic for "epic fails.com" or someone seriously should not be working on a vehicle.

I have been trying, for almost two years now, to figure out how that happened. The only thing I have been able to come up with, that assumes the picture is real, is this:

The sign at the front of the bay says "Paint Prep", so this is a body shop, not a mechanical shop.

If the whole body was off for some reason, and it was not fully secured, and someone tried to lift it by the pinch rails (as you would when lifting the body off the frame) while the mounting bolts were in only a few threads, and then one side pulls loose, THEN it COULD happen.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I read somewhere the Tahoe was a botched frame replacement.

https://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal...swap-at-a-dealership-has-not-gone-well-at-all

 

[adsm08]

I read somewhere the Tahoe was a botched frame replacement.

https://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal...swap-at-a-dealership-has-not-gone-well-at-all

And that article says it was basically exactly what I said. It was lifted while the frame wasn't secured properly. It had to be done by the pinch weld though, there is no other way the frame ends up under a lift arm.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

And that article says it was basically exactly what I said. It was lifted while the frame wasn't secured properly. It had to be done by the pinch weld though, there is no other way the frame ends up under a lift arm.

Probably intended to move the lift to the frame after setting the body down but forgot?

 

[adsm08]

Probably intended to move the lift to the frame after setting the body down but forgot?

That's what I'm thinking. He set the bolts at the end of the day, went home, came back in the morning and hit the up button without thinking about it.

That's why when I was doing cab-off services I'd always either set the lift on the frame before going home, or just kick the arms out so I had to reset it in the morning. You never want to lift a body-on-frame vehicle by the pinch rails if you aren't taking the body off.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

That's why when I was doing cab-off services I'd always either set the lift on the frame before going home, or just kick the arms out so I had to reset it in the morning. You never want to lift a body-on-frame vehicle by the pinch rails if you aren't taking the body off.

Remember the good ol days when you didnt have to pull a major body componet (or hell, the whole body) to repair mechanical pieces?

Damn progress.

 

[adsm08]

Remember the good ol days when you didnt have to pull a major body componet (or hell, the whole body) to repair mechanical pieces?

Damn progress.

Yeah, but when it is built so that isn't super hard to get off it's nice to do. I've done 6.0 heads with the cab on and off. I prefer cab off.

My wife was rolling her eyes and laughing at me Sunday, I have to replace the front clip on the B2 because the whole thing is smashed up, core support included, and once I do that it will be bolted on, not welded. I was all excited because I realized that it may well be easier to remove the front clip and pull the engine out to do a clutch after that.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Yeah, but when it is built so that isn't super hard to get off it's nice to do. I've done 6.0 heads with the cab on and off. I prefer cab off.

My wife was rolling her eyes and laughing at me Sunday, I have to replace the front clip on the B2 because the whole thing is smashed up, core support included, and once I do that it will be bolted on, not welded. I was all excited because I realized that it may well be easier to remove the front clip and pull the engine out to do a clutch after that.

Ive pulled a few cabs before. But its a LAST resort. I hate doing it. Bolts break, nothing ever lines back up, i dunno. Pretty much why i also hate pulling dashes out.