F 150 4WD V8-4.6L VIN 8 (2010)
5. Using a wire brush or sanding disc, remove the E-coat paint from the replacement bracket edges.
6. Locate the correct mounting position of the new brackets, relative the rear body mount frame bracket and existing hole in the top of the frame rail.
Tack weld the brackets in position.
7. NOTE: Using the replacement pickup bed, locate pickup bed holes to the existing frame attachment holes maintaining correct front-of-bed to cab
cross car flushness and fore-aft-margins equal from left hand side to right hand side. Check to make sure the character line on the cab and the
character line on the bed match on left hand and right hand side. Adjust the bracket as necessary to match cab and bed character lines.
Mark the position of the attachment hole, on the new frame bracket, by inserting a marker through the existing forward bed floor pan hole. Drill an
18 mm (0.708 in) hole into the new frame bracket.
8. Remove the pickup bed and complete welding the new frame bracket to the frame side rail. Use a MIG welding machine capable of producing 200
amps minimum must be used. Use 0.9-1.1 mm (0.035-0.045 in) ER70S-3 or equivalent weld wire that is compatible with mild (Society of
Automotive Engineers (SAE) 1010) steel.
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Dress welds as necessary.
9. Clean exposed metal surfaces with metal surface prep or equivalent.