Frame and Body Mounting: Notes
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The frame consists of 2 steel channel rails, a front crossmember, a transmission support crossmember and mid and rear welded crossmembers.
The SuperCrew frames also contain brackets fore and aft of front wheel and tire assembly on the front frame rails, which are designed to stabilize the tire and wheel assembly in the event of collision damage.
For frame dimensional information, refer toFor additional information, refer to: BODY AND FRAME .
Body Mounts
The body support mounts:
- secure the body to the frame.
- cannot be lubricated during body support mount installation
NOTE:
Body fasteners are reusable if the following steps are followed:
- Body bolt threads must be cleaned of thread sealer by using a wire wheel or wire brush.
- Apply a new treatment of threadlock sealer to the body bolt threads.
- Body retainer cage nuts must be serviced as an assembly.
- Refer to the following illustrations for body mount torque values.