In 1989 I bought 2 B2200 trucks for business and they worked out fine. I am now
retired living at the beach and still have one of the trucks with 266K miles on the
odomiter. The other truck I retired at over 275K miles. My problem is often the
tides come in and flood the only road between the beach and civilization. As a
result the oil pan on my truck is rusting through and i must replace it. I have had
water in the truck from high water and have cranked the torsion bars to give the
front end more clearence.
My question is to replace the oil pan i must remove the chanel crossmember, is
there going to be any twist on the crossmember from the torsion bars that will
complicate bolt hole alignment on reassembly?
Thank you for any advice you can give. Cecil P

 

you should be fine. if you notice you have square tube frame rails and the wont move enough to even screw with the bolts. i have a small block 350 chevy in my truck and built a custom crossmember and had to twist up torsion bars and never had problems.
Good Luck.

 

Thanks for the reply, I didnt think it would matter but better to be prepared.
Cecil P

 

any time you need something just ask and i will do my best to help you

 

you will have no problems i did mine iwht a jack and some bricks in my drive way when i was like 16 just get it up and take the cross member out. even with the t bar twist its fine i have mine twisted too

 

my son 1st truck, we are having problems - leaking oil had all gasket change out still leaking in th back oil coming out where you check the oil , when on the truck has a ticking noise. help son really love truck just want it to be safe
help a weary mom