MattMAn0530
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i found a deal on used rock sliders! they’re weld-on so they have to be cut off so would that effect them when i put them on my truck?
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MattMAn0530
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also, what would be the best way to cut them off?
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Link12
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If there isn't room to cut them off clean at the frame you can just replace the legs. $20 stick of tube. If you have room to grind the welds off you can reuse them if not just sawzall them off as close as you can. If the length left works for you put them on if not replace the legs.
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nail bender
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A sawzall or cutoff wheel on a grinder which ever you can get closest to the frame with. if you can cut them off close to the frame and straight should be no big deal to weld them on your frame. however i am guessing you dont have welding skills or you would not be asking this.
MattMAn0530
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Thank you! i am inexperienced with a welder i’m learning from my grandfather
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theesotericone
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Are they off a 3rd gen? Even if there not for 50 bucks it's a great learning lesson. Cutting them off is easy enough. Try and keep the cut as plumb as possible. That's gonna make welding them back to your rig a whole lot easier and cleaner. Then just get some 1/4" x 3" square stock from the junk yard and tack new backing plates on. Then tack them to the frame and adjust till they look good. Once satisfied weld them up.
CRB Racing
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Another option would be cut off the sliders as close as possible to the frame. Then get some tubing that matches the original tubing and a piece that with slide snuggly inside the original tubing and the matching piece.
Drill a hole in the original leg and the matching tubing and slide in the smaller diameter tubing into the leg. Weld both tube through the holes you drilled then both outer tubes together. You can grind the welds flat if you want it to look like one piece.
Now you can adjust the legs any length you need.
Drill a hole in the original leg and the matching tubing and slide in the smaller diameter tubing into the leg. Weld both tube through the holes you drilled then both outer tubes together. You can grind the welds flat if you want it to look like one piece.
Now you can adjust the legs any length you need.
JerkyDrewster
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Another option, if you have access to a plasma, is to cut around the plates on the frame. You'll have a little extra material from the frame, but then you don't need to worry about welding on a new plate to the tubes. It was easy enough on my 4runner, and only had to grind the edges slightly before welding it onto the new one.
theesotericone
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You sir, obviously know your Sawzall blades. Most people however do not. They see the price of Lenox 5 packs compared to DeWalt or Diablo and go with one of the latter. Little do they realize one Lenox blade will last as long as 3 Dewalt or Diablo's. Yeah, I'm a tool junkie. lol
thenightman
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agree 100%, use the existing frame plates as your guide for a sawzall blade. The cut will be very square, any out of squareness will be close enough to just fill in when you well the tube to the plate.
UnderFire
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I consider myself an expert in sawzalling after chopping up a few whole trucks lol. Lots of trial and error found that the Lazer works great, it'll even chop a set of solid 1" kingpins no sweat. Then I bust out the Milwaukee "torch" blades for sheet metal and exhaust.
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