Yeah so there's a pic with a wiring harness in it. That's all the crap I ripped out. Someone had no idea how to wire in a 5th wheel and trailer hookup, it was a mess under there. I'm glad I ripped it all out
To get the cross member in, I didn't have a jackall to split the frame. What I ended up doing was using a tie down strap, wrapping it around, and hooking the other piece to my staircase lol to pull it open a bit. I also removed the two wheel bars and put the cross member in by itself, at an angle, and hammered it straight
Had a bit of a nightmare lining up the crosssmember holes surprisingly, the frame and xmember both flex, so I was getting a little frustrated
All in all, I think I was pretty well prepared, a big job for just one guy, lots of grinding and lots of hammering, I ended up getting ALL new bolts, for everything, I didn't even bother salvaging anything. I punched myself in the face with a breaker bar from snapping a bolt, so for those of you reading, away from the face!! And use new hardware. The Job would have been easier with the box off, but since I'm not Vishnu the Indian god, I only have two hands and was unable to take it off, so rocking it back and forth onto 2x6s was the only option.
I did have a brain fart when I rewired everything though, I plugged it all in and put my tail lights back in, but nothing worked! No turn signals, no brake lights, nothing....... I was panicking, double checking. Triple checking, wondering why nothing was working........ Took the tail lights off, forgot to plug not one, but both of the pigtails into my tail lights haha
Any questions please ask! For the unlikely event that someone does this in the future, I want as many questions answered as possible. Thanks again guys! Lots of ya gave me pointers and who knows how it would have turned out without you.
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