- Location
- South Carolina....no public land
Part one of my rebuild is complete. I installed the PSC rock sliders this afternoon. Actually pretty easy, at least the second one was. Remove one side body mount bolts, loosen the other side, then jack up the body.
The PSC sliders attach to both of the middle body mounts, making it impossible to jack the body up from between these mounts.
First, I tried to jack up the body from between the first and second mounts (just in front of the closest mount in the above photo). However, since I had my rig on jack stands, I was very concerned about knocking it off the stands. Even though the body mounts were completely removed, the frame was still coming up off the stands on the side I was jacking.
Here's a few photos of the rig on the jack stands...
I even had to re-adjust the stands (with my BFH) once or twice. Finally, I let the body back down on the frame, and placed the jack behind the second of the two mounts visible in the above photo. This evened out the jacking, and the frame came up more evenly (the front was rising faster than the rear when jacking in the original position).
Once you get the body jacked up high enough, you simply slide the slider into place. I tried to install the sliders before I had it high enough, and fought with it for several minutes. This was before I re-adjusted the jack position.
The instructions indicated I should trim 3/16" from the two body mounts that the slider mounts to, but I could not jack the vehicle up enough to remove the body mounts. Mostly due to my concerns of knocking the vehicle off the jacks. If I had to do it again, I would leave the tires on, and do the sliders that way. Much more secure. I would have been able to remove the 3/16".
Finally, I got the body up high enough to put the sliders in position above the rubber body mount, but below the metal dowel / washer (you can kind of see this in the first photo of the underside of the PSC slider). Once in place, it was a matter of marking the location of the bolt holes on the tub, pulling the slider back out and drilling the holes. That was the easy part.
Once the holes are drilled and cleaned up, put the slider back in position and bolt it down.
I did the driver side first, then the passenger side. The passenger side was much easier as experience is always the best teacher. Again, if I had to do it over, tires would stay on, and I would remove the recommended 3/16" from the two body mounts. Since I didn't remove the material, the body mounts are much more smashed down. I will have to watch out for rupturing a body mount if I don't re-do the job after I get the tires back on.
Here's how they look in my garage....
driver side
passenger side
I like the look, I like the extra clearance compared to what I used to have (a couple of photos of the old sliders:
I was looking at some other sliders similar to the PSC sliders and it looked like they mounted to three body mounts, not just two....This might be better, but due to the shape of the body, might be more difficult to install.
I'll see how they do for me when I'm out for EJS this year!
The PSC sliders attach to both of the middle body mounts, making it impossible to jack the body up from between these mounts.
First, I tried to jack up the body from between the first and second mounts (just in front of the closest mount in the above photo). However, since I had my rig on jack stands, I was very concerned about knocking it off the stands. Even though the body mounts were completely removed, the frame was still coming up off the stands on the side I was jacking.
Here's a few photos of the rig on the jack stands...
I even had to re-adjust the stands (with my BFH) once or twice. Finally, I let the body back down on the frame, and placed the jack behind the second of the two mounts visible in the above photo. This evened out the jacking, and the frame came up more evenly (the front was rising faster than the rear when jacking in the original position).
Once you get the body jacked up high enough, you simply slide the slider into place. I tried to install the sliders before I had it high enough, and fought with it for several minutes. This was before I re-adjusted the jack position.
The instructions indicated I should trim 3/16" from the two body mounts that the slider mounts to, but I could not jack the vehicle up enough to remove the body mounts. Mostly due to my concerns of knocking the vehicle off the jacks. If I had to do it again, I would leave the tires on, and do the sliders that way. Much more secure. I would have been able to remove the 3/16".
Finally, I got the body up high enough to put the sliders in position above the rubber body mount, but below the metal dowel / washer (you can kind of see this in the first photo of the underside of the PSC slider). Once in place, it was a matter of marking the location of the bolt holes on the tub, pulling the slider back out and drilling the holes. That was the easy part.
Once the holes are drilled and cleaned up, put the slider back in position and bolt it down.
I did the driver side first, then the passenger side. The passenger side was much easier as experience is always the best teacher. Again, if I had to do it over, tires would stay on, and I would remove the recommended 3/16" from the two body mounts. Since I didn't remove the material, the body mounts are much more smashed down. I will have to watch out for rupturing a body mount if I don't re-do the job after I get the tires back on.
Here's how they look in my garage....
driver side
passenger side
I like the look, I like the extra clearance compared to what I used to have (a couple of photos of the old sliders:
I was looking at some other sliders similar to the PSC sliders and it looked like they mounted to three body mounts, not just two....This might be better, but due to the shape of the body, might be more difficult to install.
I'll see how they do for me when I'm out for EJS this year!
