bed might be loose?

mudfinder · 07-28-2005, 10:00 PM

hey guys, i have a question. when you guys drive down the highway, does your bed have alot of play? i was on the highway the other day and notice my bed in my mirrors really bouncing. is it normal? or should i have the dealer take a look at it? or should i tighten the bed bolts myself?

Titank · 07-28-2005, 10:23 PM

Nope... no play. I really hope you have no play and no loose bolts. I would take it to the dealer and have them take a look at at since you may have a loose welded nut on your ladder frame. Cause as far as I know... the bed is bolted directly onto the ladder frame where nuts are welded into the frame.

FluxCubby · 07-28-2005, 11:57 PM

Maybe Nissan should have asked ford about those high speed low drag bed bolts. Ha!

tillery444 · 07-29-2005, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by mudfinder

hey guys, i have a question. when you guys drive down the highway, does your bed have alot of play? i was on the highway the other day and notice my bed in my mirrors really bouncing. is it normal? or should i have the dealer take a look at it? or should i tighten the bed bolts myself?

Dude,

Guess I need a trip to the dealer to, mine does the same thing. The bed shaking is especially bad on dirt roards.

mudfinder · 07-29-2005, 11:43 AM

you know, to be honest, i'm not going to worry about until the bed literally blows away. my buddy has a dodge quad cab and his does the same thing. i should steal my co-worker's bed bolts off his 2005 f-150.

Vyrus · 07-29-2005, 12:40 PM

My bed is also "seems" loose at high speeds. However considering that it's a totally seperate entity from the cab, I'm not suprised at all that it seems to move over ruts. From what I've seen, all pickups do this. I think most of these people who say theirs doesn't either haven't looked for it in the rear view or drive on ridiculously smooth roads!
-Cyrus

phoenix titan · 07-29-2005, 01:20 PM

Mine Shakes Also Ccxe I Saw It Befor I Installed Body Lift And After Just So Ya Know I Hammered Them Bolts Still Shakes Its Just A Truck Thing!

mudfinder · 07-29-2005, 05:21 PM

yeah when i'm on smooth roads, don't notice it. i only notice it when i'm on bounce highways.

CJ3FLYR · 07-30-2005, 07:00 PM

It's frame flex and cab 'float'. The cab is rubber mounted and sits as a basically rigid unit on the frame, the bed is solidly bolted to the frame. The flex occurs relatively evenly along the frame but the only place we can see it is the crack between bed and cab. This is because we don’t perceive the slight flexing of the bed/aft section of the frame and the cab rides as [almost] a separate unit floating on the front section of the frame. Sounds bad but it's fine and if they eliminated it completely our trucks would weigh too much, be too slow and use too much gas. In truth our frames are amongst the stiffest in the 1/2ton segment.
If you go for a ride in a current, empty, 3/4 or 1 ton from Chevy or Dodge (the Ford chassis is very old and does flex a bit more than Chevy or Dodge) you'll see they do it to a much smaller degree. The frame of a one ton needs to be incredibly stiff in order to deal with the 4000+/-lbs payloads those trucks will handle in the bed. Our trucks don't have that kind of capacity and don't need that last bit of rigidity.

dckwsu · 07-30-2005, 07:44 PM

my truck does the same thing.....05 CC may build. I was worried at first but then got a chance to drive behind one..........It did it too. I was worried because its very noticeable in the side mirrors. Dont sweat it.