Chevy Truck Frame Rebuild!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.พ. 2022
- We rebuilt the back section of a Chevy 1500 truck frame for one of my students. Here is the finished product. Thanks for watching!
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#truckframe
#welding
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Well, seeing this gives me some confidence. I need to rebuild the back end of my truck something fierce!
It’s not bad if you plan things out good first. We’ve done a bunch of these.
Good lord Ben!! That thing’s grenade proof!!! I hope to have a space one day to burn some rod!!
It is definitely better then before! Thanks for watching James!
There are a lot of TH-cam 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who might voice their opinion about using any steel in a frame that isn't exactly the same material the frame was originally made of...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!
@@khtractors Planned obsolescence.
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.
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!
Really appreciate that! We’ve done several like this so far with good results!
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
It’s one of those jobs that has to be right, no mistakes. I’m very happy with how it’s turned out. Thanks for watching!
@@khtractors 👌😉🍻
Shoot that's better than was new. Yall did a great job.
Thanks so much!
Fun to see this type of work. tHanks for the video
Glad you enjoyed it
That's a real nice looking job you guys have done .
Thank you!
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.
We’ve done a bunch of these and the Colorado’s. Thanks for watching
Looks good
Thank you!
Very nice.
Thank you!
First and FULL WATCH TOO !!! 🤣👌👍🍻
You beat me!!!
Your top notch!
@@FabbedFun 🤣 You will have many others chance Sir 🤣👌😉🍻
@@khtractors 👌😉🍻
@@RCAFpolarexpress I'm always number one even if I'm not number one here.
Cool video
Thank you!
Great job Ben, you should be proud of your work.Have a blessed evening and stay Safe.💯👏👍🙏❤️
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!
@@khtractors Tell your student's that they did a outstanding job on the truck.
@@harlonlantz4094 I’ll do that 👍! Thank you!
That looks great. Hope it's working well.
As far as I know it is. Thanks
Nice job
Thanks!
Very nice job! You have skills!
Thank you! We’ve done so many of these and the Colorado’s now it’s become 2nd nature. Thanks for watching
Have you done any on 2006 ear Suburban's? @@khtractors
Nice job 👍
Thank you!
@@khtractors No problem I enjoy watching your videos you do a great job 👍
Damn looks good 👍🏻
I got your pictures. The one you did turned out nice also!
Cool deal I'm not good with that stuff n ty
That’s awesome I’m having a shop do something very similar to my 2001 duramax
We are doing a 07 2500 right now.
This is so cool. Would you mind sharing what your welder setup is for this frame material?
We use mostly Miller 252’s with .035 solid wire and 75/25 mix gas.
Nice work. Show us a picture of the finished truck when the bed is back on. Thanks.
I’ll try to get one and post on the community page when it’s finished up. We are replacing the fuel pump and a few things first. Thanks for watching!
The pipe has a bend to accept the weight in the bed distributing the weight against the frame not relying on the butt welds and their shear strength.
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!
Ben, nice job, now prime and paint it😂
Yes I think that’s in the plans! Appreciate you watching!
That looks great Ben! Take care
Appreciate that!
What are your measurements on the 6 inch c channel how long need a few pieces for a short bed 2500 truck
I can’t remember exactly. Pretty sure a 10ft section was enough to do both sides but you better double check that.
That looks better than factory
Thank you!
What's a ballpark estimated cost to have a job like this done? I have a 95 2x4 chevy truck that needs a VERY similar if not exact repair done to it.
Labor would be your biggest expense hiring it done. Where we are a school we only charge for materials.
damn I need you to work on my 03 silverado. needs rust irradiation
We just did an 07 2500 week before last. Pretty common issue.
@@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.
How much do you bet by the time he gets it back to his house it will start rusting again
The part we fixed won’t rust anytime soon. By the way I have you a big job for tomorrow so be at school for a change 🤪!
@@khtractors it better be a good one. Because I'm ready
I would like to see if I can get a few questions answered I am in the process of getting ready to undergone this same type of repair.
Yes sir?
@@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.
Just think, a yearly application of lanolin would have prevented all of this.
Possibly