We rebuilt the back section of a Chevy 1500 truck frame for one of my students. Here is the finished product. Thanks for watching! #rust #truckframe #welding Email: khtractors@gmail.com
There are a lot of RU-vid experts (armchair quarterbacks) who might voice their opinion about using any steel in a frame that isn't exactly the same material the frame was originally made of... but I am not a negative Nancy and will say that rebuild is probably stronger than the original half ton frame lol. I like it! I think all frames should be straight rails with crossmembers designed for the running gear, springs that have bolted brackets for easy replacement, and modular bumper and tow hook mounts. But engineers insist on being more complicated. Great work!
If you really get to looking at these factory frames they are pitiful. Everything is designed to hold dirt and moisture, no wonder they rust out so fast. What we did is over built but that’s just how we do things! Thanks for watching!
What kind of voodoo magic steel does everyone think pickup truck frames are made of? They are not heat treated, they are not high tensile steel, there is no "same material", it's just steel nothing special. We cut and stretch semi truck frames for customers and they are not high tensile nor are they some magical heat treated 1 million Rockwell hardness, 50 cal bulletproof BS, they are plain steel. If they were any of the above, we couldn't drill or weld on them without ruining them. Even the manufacturers drill and weld on semi truck frames. So if a truck running a million plus miles carrying 40 tons does not have some area 51 intergalactic steel, neither does a shitty domestic pickup truck.
Good evening Sir, now that is a very nice rebuilt on that Chevy truck 👌👍💪😉 Major welding project on that 👌👍 Keep warm Sir Cheers 🍻😉👌👍 ( I'm also first !!! ) lol
If GM did that originally, maybe my 2006 wouldn't be sitting in my drive with the bed kissing the cab. You should patent your repair,it's clean,functional,and probably stronger than original. Great job!
Hey it’s not my work, the students did it all! I just guided and double checked things as we went. The students really enjoyed this project! Appreciate you watching!
Excellent work! I have a 2011 Chevy 2500 that needs some frame-work. Only 60,000 miles on it but NY salt kills vehicles especially if they don't have undercoating or coatings like Woolwax.
The bed doesn’t put any weight on the cross member pipe at all. That cross member simply holds the gas tank and exhaust. The bed sets directly on the top of the frame rail. Thanks for watching!
@@khtractors Im currently in a war between an NY state inspection shop who told me my frame has bad damaged rust holes by the gas tank so he failed the inspection. I brought the truck to a frame shop and they said it was fine. just has a lotta rust. to me it looked bad.
@@khtractors so I have 6” c channel to replace the back two pieces of the frame how did you mark out the bed holes? Also what size bolts did you use to bolt the c channel together?
@@tkenner87 we welded the frame back together, no bolts for it. On the bed holes I just measured the original frame and cut the wholes based off of it. Using c channel you may have to weld a tab at holes because the they drill out right near the edge of the flange on the channel. Get plenty of measurements because the front section of frame is actually wider then the rear. It sets in some right at the factory welded connection.
@@khtractors okay thank you yes I have measured all of my stuff multiple times and I have it all drawn and written out on paper. This is my first time so I just want to do it right so I’m taking my time I am familiar with cutting and grinding etc. did you drop the gas tank to remove the crossmember that’s goes through the gas tank?
@@tkenner87 I did remove the gas tank. I’m most cases the cross member at gas tank needs replaced. If yours is good leave it. I’ve rebuilt so many of these it’s about become 2nd nature.
