Frame damage or design? 92K1500 Long bed

[b454rat]

Trailer hitch or beefy bumper does just as good. The X shaped crossmember is for the spare tire crank thingy.....

 

[Caman96]

FWIW…Dorman still sells them, maybe there’s one over there already in some parts store.

 

[454cid]

Trailer hitch or beefy bumper does just as good. The X shaped crossmember is for the spare tire crank thingy.....

You don't need that substantial of a cross member just to hold a tire. It's structural to the frame.

 

[Caman96]

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https://www.dormanproducts.com/p-144489-999- 985.aspx

I think it’s structural too, as it’s X-shaped. Diagonal bracing is structural and gives lateral racking strength.

 

[Caman96]

If you look at this photo with that brace removed, without that brace, either frame rail can move forward or backward(if bumped/hit). If I had a frame in that condition, before tightening that x-brace, I would check a few different points measuring diagonally. Stuff racks easily without diagonal bracing.

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