Namealreadyused
Newbie
It appears I’ve found myself in the lovely process of Shortening my frame on my 1994 GMC Sierra regular cab. I’ve found a few threads on the subject but it seems most people take the route of moving leaf spring mounts, shock mounts, cross member forward 14” on the frame then cutting the back portion of the frame off. Personally I don’t like that way. The main reason being the frame tapering inward at the rear of frame but no need to get into that right now. I wanted to make my long wheelbase frame look exactly like a short wheel base frame upon completion. In order to do that I had to pull the cab. Once I did that I cut of the front bed mounts off the frames along with the rear cab mount. I used a cutting wheel on the cab mounts so I would lose as little metal as possible. It took about an hour per mount. Also I measured the original distance between the mounts and the distance from the top flat part to the ground. Then I picked which area of the frame I wanted to take out then started making measurements. I spent quite a bit of time on this for several reasons. One being my dad, every time I discuss the project with him he is very adiment about me getting the frame perfect. Basically any error here will mess it all up. So I got her all marked up then whacked out 14”. Slammed the frame together supported it then c clamped the heck out of it, made measurements again to verify, then tacked it together. My buddy who happens to be a certified welder volunteered to come weld it up. He said he wanted to kno for sure I had good welds underneath me, I guess that means my welds aren’t up to par lol. He came through and laid down some great welds but that wasn’t the end. Everybody says now there is a weak spot in the frame right there now so I took the piece of the frame I cut out and scabbed the weld. 4 bolts on the side and 2 on the bottom. That’s where I currently stand. I’m about to start shortening lines and all that good stuff. I have plenty of pictures just gotta figure out how to upload them. I just created an account 5 minutes ago so bare with me.