I installed a body lift on my truck about 2 weeks ago, and when i took the rear bumper off it was straight and nothing was wrong, but when i put it back on it seemed like the right side had twisted or bent somehow. Not real sure how it could have happend, as when we first took it off it sat outside for a few hours then in my dads shop before we put it back on. We never tugged at it or dropped it either so i'm pretty confused here.

But...anyone have any ideas on how to fix it? the best way i can describe it is that once you get past the step pad on the passengers side, the bumper twists, like the outer part of it goes up, and the part of it closest to the truck is tilted down. I've tried jacking it up and using the weight of the truck on that side and I also tried using a rope and pulling on it till it looked straight, only to have it go back to where it was before both times. Neither probably not the smartest ideas in the world though..

any help is appreciated!

Cody

 

bumpp

 

Are you sure it is the bumper that is twisted? Or could the lift been done wrong. Are you sure the frame isn't tweaked a bit?

 

99.9% sure its the bumper. i've been really busy with school starting so i havn't been able to fool with it, but i might take a closer look at the brackets again from the lift kit. i'll try to get some pictures up later tonight or tomorrow

 

One thing to remember, if they did not wait until the vehicle was on the ground to tighten all the bolts, something could be in a bind and cause different ride heights on each side, causing the frame to twist slightly. Look at your bed. Does it look at all ****-eyed?

 

heres some pics, dunno if it'll help though.

 

cotedog, first check to make sure that the bed/cab are lined up correctly. on the body lift, your cab is the gauge to measure all the spacing by. recall, it is the only part of the body that does not either get removed, or slid back (the bed).

hopefully, you didn't screw up the cab alignment to the frame while the body was unbolted (unlikely unless you brushed against the cab/slammed a door while it was unbolted.) that being said, check the spacing on both sides and along the body line between the cab and the bed. make sure it is the way you want it before adjusting the bumper spacing. if necessary, unbolt the bed bolts, and move the bed slightly as desired.

once you are convinced that the cab/bed are lined up as perfectly as possible, move onto the bumper. i doubt its bent, unless you were in an accident of some sort. remove the rear bumper, and check the holes you drilled to move the bumper up. did you elongate them as the instructions stated? are they elongated equally? if the holes are okay, its probably in how the bolts were tightened. tighten them halfway, then adjust the bumper accordingly before fully tightening them. having a second person helps. the standard bed style seems to have a problem w/ lining the rear bumper correctly w/ the body lift, I'm unsure why.

On my flareside, we got it all the spacing damn near perfect, with some adjusting. The front bumper sits higher on one side of my truck than the other for some reason though, lol. I tried to readjust it, but I'm thinking its b/c one side sits higher than the other b/c I have the torsion bars cranked fully. Sorry for my personal tangent there, lol. Hope my tips help.

-Jon

 

now that you say that, my bed did seem a hair higher on one side, i forget which i'll look tomorrow. BUT, i unbolted it, moved it and measured over and over to make sure everything lined up the way it was before and it did. It got better but still wasn't perfectly level. The only thing is, before i even tightened the bumper up all the way i noticed something was up with it i think, and i know all the holes are drilled right we measured and marked those twice before drilling. Everytime i look at it looks like the actual bumper is twisted though and i jsut dont understand really. Not exactly like its in a bind, almost like two people literally held both sides and just twisted it. And even when i tightened the bolts up nothing was in a bind. But tomorrow i should have a good amount of time to focus on my truck and i'm going to take the bumper off and inspect everything i can.

 

My bumper looks the same, but that is because I had a tow rope hooked to the frame and pulled a 7000lb cube truck out of the muddy ditch that my dumb*** co worker got stuck. Take the bumper completely off and see if it still looks bent or twisted. If it doesn't, at least you know it's not the bumper.

 

i took it off the other day when i painted my hitch, and its def. the bumper. But when i took it off, i couldn't tell whether the left side was bent down, or if the right side wast bent up. I just went ahead and put it back on for now, just didn't tighten it down as tight as it was and its a little less noticable for now..

 

chances are the bumper was bent previous to the body lift. the body lift just greatly exaggerated the bent appearance of the bumper.