Pulling Frame on a New 2019 RAM Truck! (Part 4)

welcome back everyone today we're continuing to work on our new 2019 RAM in the previous episode we got all of our parts in we got those open notes so we had to fix this Ram also got the skin down on the bedside so today we're gonna continue working on this RAM on doing the frame work on it first we've got to disassemble this a little bit more but before we can this bolt is pinched in right there so we got to grab this and turn it open so we can get this all disassembled once we have this off we can take some measurements get some of our new parts to line everything up and we can start pulling on that to fix it and once we're done with that we're also got this sail panel a pillar that's damaged and also the c-pillar the quarter corner of the cab and we get to try out our new tool that we got in the last episode so let's get it to work and get this frame straightened out [Music] hi guys so as you guys know it's the truck can't really grab it by this rocker because the cab and the frame are separate so we've got it chained down there's some cross members that those are pretty heavy-duty so we've got two chains and then we got one in the back on the hitch so that should be good and that way we can because when we were talking it was just the one on the back it was shifting a little bit so we added the other two and we should be good now alright so that first pull I think he gave us just enough room to get in there so we can get this one bolt this little piece doesn't seem like it's much but it was actually holding at once I loosened that one end you can see the rails spring back a little bit so it's probably that high carbon steel because it just keeps back where it wants to be [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] okay so we got 99 or 95% of that kink out of this rail right there so it's looking good now we measured it and determined that this rail needs to come over a quarter of an inch so we're gonna go ahead I'm just gonna hook this at any point and basically see right now it's at 47 so we're gonna over pull it probably go to 47 and a half and then we'll release it and go ahead fix that went right back to 47 you know what I'm thinking I think we need to really loosen this bolt right there so that we're not trying to pull this with this all at the same time so let's go ahead and do that let's try this again we're only at 47 record right now go a little more I'm still got like a 5-inch okay release it see we're back to 47 all right we'll be back all right guys so we've got our laser set up and I leveled it out to make sure that the actual truck is sitting level by those eight pillars on the very opens and the truck is sitting level so here's what we got the line is in the middle of all those holes on this rail and then we can see that this is twisted up and the whole rail is up so we need to go ahead and try getting this twist out of there and bring it back down that way everything is going to line up so what we're gonna try is we're going to set the roller on the lowest position and grab it by the top and try yanking it down like that so let's see what happens [Music] alright guys so getting a little frustrated of this rail I'm gonna just let let that be sometimes it's better just to leave it alone and then come back to it so I'm gonna come back here and we're gonna work on getting these this pillar fixed up so the first thing is we're gonna grind down those areas so we can weld to the metal [Music] alright guys we're back the next day as you guys know I was getting a little frustrated with this rail I couldn't again you can done with it came back for fresh head and we basically leveled out the truck a little bit differently we don't have the actual clamps for like frame cars so we just used our pinch welds and we set it on the frame and tied it down that way the truck is sitting perfectly level now and it's a lot more secure so we're gonna go ahead and try getting this rail foot pulled back down and get the twist out of it but what I did get done yesterday I tried out our new tool that spotter I mean there's a big nasty dent there and we got all of it out just a couple of high sign low spots will knock that down and a little skim coat of putty and it would be good to go so that spotter did wind up ripping a couple of holes this was a lot bigger dent and it stretched the metal thing I'm gonna go ahead and weld those in so it's not just holes if so it's all metal I'm gonna go ahead and weld those in and that will be finished too so I got good progress done on that but let's go back to the frame and get that done we got our we got the frame level basically everything is in level right now and as you can see the line right here this one's at the bottom of this hole and this one right here is right there so we got 7/8 or basically an inch that this is up so we've got to bring the rail down and bring this down an inch because the other thing that I have noticed is that these have these bump stops and they're not adjustable and as you can see the hood is higher than the fender I'm sure this can be tweaked a little bit but this basically this front section and it needs to go down to and this will stay where it needs to go so let's set up our porter power get this rail came down and we figured out that basically it needs to stay where it is back here but this front end needs to go down so that's what we're gonna go ahead and do now I've been at this all day well we're finally getting somewhere because from when we originally bought it it looked like it was there is nothing I mean this headlight looked like it was intact look look there's no damage here but it was a lot more than what we expected because it had the buckle here the rail was up so we had to get that buckle out we've got managed to get this rail back down to where it needs to be then we also had to take out this body mounts that goes between the rail which is the frame and the cab of the car so we could put this needed to go down because the hood was higher than the fender so we got that down now the other fit the pin the guide pin lines up on both the top end lines up but the bottom doesn't so what happened is when I got hit here and basically this was connected to this but the top of it won't up shifting a little bit because as you can see one we found minutes right here this latch is bent and there's a little bit of a bump here not a big deal we can just knock that back over put it back into the place because right now it lines up perfectly but this actually needs to be over because you can see the gap is pretty big so we're gonna go ahead and take this support off again I'm gonna put this body mount again tie the two together that way we can push the tops back into where they need to go then we'll start put another fender on there and making sure that all little gaps line up on it [Music] [Music] there's another thing got these body mounts this is a right one that's the left one so basically that this one was compressed all the way and then the other one was stretched out so we took the other one out just to see maybe this one was ripped and it's supposed to be like the other one and this one's in perfect shape once we took it out it all went back to the being of the exact same but here's the thing look at this whole front minute I mean it's just this half is moving on the same thing here and I know a lot of you guys had commented and we actually noticed it when we're at the dealer looking these over that all the gaps were out of whack the headlights weren't adjusted I don't know maybe they use these to shim out the cab somehow but we're gonna figure it out right now we're gonna measure out to see that the cab is straight and see maybe this side is good and this side needs to be tweaked we're basically gonna measure it out and see what we can figure it out it's on this side that's not yet we had to buckle the bumper was damaged on this side the bumper was completely intact the headlight was intact there wasn't even a scratch on it the fender was just scratched up even this brakiri here that's real flimsy it's in one piece it's in better condition on the other side so I don't see how this rail or even this might have moved I don't know if the radiator support but then again you see these holes right here if the radiator support would have hit it there would have been some kind of marks on the edges of where the bolts go or some kind of scrapes here but I mean both the top and bottom are perfect there's like no indication that there is any kind of force to move on any of this stuff over so we're gonna continue measuring and see what we can come up with [Music] hey guys another thing that we notice is there's some mounts right here that these body mounts come to and they're welded on the side of the rail and then it has a tube that's welded to the bracket and then on the bottom rail basically right there right there is there and then up underneath all right guys not another thing that we figured out is these mounts right here it's welded here on both sides it's welded up underneath there's a tube and then this tube comes through the frame rail and is also welded right here on this one you've got basically two pink sticks that can fit into there and then on the back you got two won't fit but one's a little loose so basically this is welded on there I think a little crooked and on this one it's it's basically it's the same you know one paint stick that's a little loose and the other one that's a little loose so I think that might be something from the factory maybe a defect or design flaw something but we're gonna fix this one to make sure this one's gonna be a hundred percent another thing that I've noticed I'm just trying to just basically eyeball it to see how these were standing and notice how this is straight and I was like man why is this so off and then I realized that this is cut off and if you look at it take a look closer look it looks like they almost use a sawzall or something to cut it off I mean you got like those grind or teeth marks on there and then you got the same thing on this bottom put piece too right there and that wasn't for most we haven't even touched that I mean it's the same thing here too I mean I don't know what they're using at the factory but it's crazy and this thing's too it's got some jagged it's the jagged right there I mean this one that they just cut it off because it wouldn't fit I don't know all these sharp lines like just the way this is all formed it's like almost impossible to see how it's supposed to be because the same exact thing here and you can see I mean everything's like the metals folded over so 2019 so we are gonna repair our radiator support and the parts that we're gonna repair are that this tab and the one in there they are the tabs that one holds in the headlight and one holes in the grille they're adjustable so we got them pretty much where they were they don't have to be perfect because they are adjustable and what we are gonna do is we're gonna take some fiberglass resin mix up some of it and pour it in here so it holds it in place and do the same thing put some tape on the outside so that stuff doesn't flow out basically we'll fill that up so it holds these two pins in place and once that stuff dries it's hard as a rock and this should be good to go back on the car they're gonna mix two ounces and then put 12 drops of the hardener in there all right so guy our resin pour it in there we'll let that dry once it's dry we'll give those tabs a Yank make sure they're in there good and if they are we'll go ahead and put this back in the car [Music] all right so it wound up straighten this out hammer and Dolly this was all bent up and everything goes all the way up here like that we hammered that back out to save this thunder so I don't have to buy a new one but otherwise the gaps are nice now we got it as good as we could especially this area right here but even at the dealer when we're looking at them not a single one of them was perfect so that they should be good this I actually turned out a lot better than the original so but still it has that same where this hood doesn't quite line up it's perfect here and here and then the hood dips down there but we tried stretching it a little bit didn't want to stretch it too far since it is an aluminum hood and you want to put a kink somewhere in it so stretch it a little bit got it better but otherwise everything looking good everything's lining up the next part is we're gonna put it go ahead and put the lock on there you're gonna put the headlights on and basically try getting it assembled to make sure that everything lines up before we take it off the frame machine [Music] [Music] okay so we got the whole front end put back together everything's looking good everything fits on there so the front end is done all we got left is shift fix the sail panel a pillar and the corner of the cab there just a tiny bit left on there so we're gonna go ahead and fix that stuff and then the car will be ready the truck will be ready to come off the frame [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] alright guys up we got this a pillar all knocked out as close as you can and the rest is going to be filler and then we got this all corner got the sheep in there as close as possible I'm probably gonna try a dairy glass for the first time just so that's a nice solid repair so it's waterproof and so it holds but otherwise the whole front end all came together the frame it was a lot more work than we expected when we were buying it when we even first got it until we started taking it apart and we found all that extra work all together this took us a solid four days to get done just the metalwork on the fur on the frame machine and then the two pillars that's it for this episode hope you enjoyed the video make sure you guys subscribe comment like and don't miss the next video because we're gonna be starting to this stumble in this back again and start doing the filler work getting all that prepped and then it's going to go into paint so we'll see you in the next video thanks for watching [Music] you

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Length: 26min 0sec (1560 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 02 2019