[cohunter14]

I recently purchased a 2014 Titan that came with what appears to be a Rough Country 3" lift up front and a shackle rear lift. One thing I didn't notice right away but am noticing now is that the bed of the truck sits at an angle where the rear side appears to be tipped upwards. When I measure the gap between the bed and the cab, the bottom of the gap towards the ground is 1 3/8" and the top of the gap is 5/8". I've had multiple people look at this including the Nissan dealership and no one really knows what's going on. The frame doesn't appear to be bent, but I'm wondering what else would cause the bed to be slanted like that. It looks like the prior owner could have potentially backed into something that lifted the bed up, but again I have no idea how it would do that without bending the frame. Any thoughts?

 

[cohunter14]

Here's a picture of it where you can kind of see what I'm talking about.

 

[daver314]

A bent frame is always possible. It may be that there has been some collision damage that has been repaired. If the box doesn't show any signs of repair work, then maybe it was replaced as a unit and the frame or mounts never completely dealt with?

If you look under the bad, you can get a look at some of the mounting points. The box mounts to some rails that run perpendicular to the frame. They are strong, but made from thinner metal. You may be able to see signs of deformity on those if you have a look down their length with a light. You can see at lest two of them in the wheel well area.

Another possibility is that the frame or box mount was bent by something like the truck being overloaded. A lot of folks tend to think their half ton can carry anything that fits in the box. The most common thing I see is a half ton carrying a box full of soil, gravel, bricks, etc.. things that are going to be well over capacity for a truck of this size.

Not sure if any of this helps, but may give you a couple of things to look at.

 

[daver314]

Just re-read your post... I'm sure what you suspect could lead to that as well, but I think you might see other signs such as replaced/repaired rear bumper, tail gate not fitting/closing properly.

have you checked your box to see if it's square? measure corner to corner, on a diagonal (front left to rear right then front right to rear left), on the inner corners. Both measurements should be the same. I would check this at the top of the bed rails and at the bottom of the box as well.

 

[cohunter14]

Thanks for the ideas daver...I measured the box on top and bottom and it appears to be square. The bed rails all look to be fine, but I did notice that the bed rails that run from the wheel well aren't even resting on the frame. Is that normal? It looks like the rear rails aren't resting on the frame either.

 

[daver314]

The ones I can see on mine are all sitting flat against the frame.. I'll try and remember to grab a photo tomorrow in the light so we know we're talking about the same thing. Great looking truck btw

 

[dubyam]

Snap some pics of the underneath, where the mounts are. Could be somebody did a homebrew body lift and it's not straight. Or could be a bent frame. Have a body shop you trust check that.

While I'm commenting, I like your wheels. Care to share what brand/size they are? And what size tires are you running? Looks good.

 

[cohunter14]

Snap some pics of the underneath, where the mounts are. Could be somebody did a homebrew body lift and it's not straight. Or could be a bent frame. Have a body shop you trust check that.

While I'm commenting, I like your wheels. Care to share what brand/size they are? And what size tires are you running? Looks good.

I actually have the truck at a body shop now to check the frame. We'll see what they find.

Unfortunately I can't tell you what those wheels are. Ironically enough those wheels were on the truck and part of the deal I swung with them was to swap the wheels and tires off of my old Titan and put them on the new one. I really didn't want mud tires on my truck, which is what the truck had. They were some off name brand too, so I figured they weren't going to be worth much. The tires on there were 35x12.5x18's. I put my Nitto Terra Grapplers on there which are 325x65x18.

I need to get updated pics of the rig with my wheels and tires on them. I'll also work on getting pictures of the mounts when I get the truck back.

 

[dubyam]

Well crap. Anybody else have any idea of brand or model of that wheel?

 

[HRTKD]

cohunter, does the truck have a non-factory bed liner? I've heard of bed liner shops removing the bed bolts and not getting the bed back on correctly.

 

[fsaintl]

Well crap. Anybody else have any idea of brand or model of that wheel?

If they were black I'd say they were the ATX 198 Chamber. Very similar.

 

[cohunter14]

As far as the wheels go, I looked at them and didn't recognize the name. I don't think they were a major name. I can also tell you that they wouldn't fit on the truck without wheel spacers.

Got the truck back last night and the frame is, indeed, bent. Nothing major as it's fixable but it definitely sucks since I just bought it. I'm working with the dealership I got it from to see what they will do. Might be returning it if they'll allow for it...

 

[dubyam]

Well, dadgum, on the wheels. I won't run spacers, so that's out.

Sorry to hear it's bent. Hope they don't give you too much grief about it and take care of you.