1st GEN YOTA SLIDERS

ok we started out cleaning up the frame and the slider mounts and mockin up the sliders

J cleaning the frame



checking for clearance

here I am cleaning the sliders and the mounts

throwing down some weld

j welding up some of the bottom

finished the driver side.

some of the problems that we ran into is the kit that we had was for a short bed not a long bed so we had to make that work. also it would have been alot easier to do this to if there was a body lift on this vehicle. We made it work though. One trick that seemed to work was follow the pinch weld seems on the bottom of the doors for a slim tucked in look. (tip) use the big jack stands to help keep the sliders in place while trying to tack them in. It is very hard to hold the sliders in place with one person and to tack it in with the other. Also it might have been easier to weld the slider to the frame pieces first but we had to adjust them while tacking them to make sure the doors would open.

welding in the passanger side

frame and sliders on pass side are cleaned and ready to weld in, they have to be real clean for a great weld. with this side we turned up the welder to get better penatration to the frame.

finished product

here was a lesson to j when you are the one welding overhead get some protective gear dude!!!

Lookin good! ;)

Blah I will get some gear but I got it done.

Better throw some gussets on top of those tubes welded to the frame. Shoulda welded some plate on the frame first, but you can still fix it with some gussets. If you don't, over time beating on those sliders will cause the frame wall to flex, and eventually you'll tear a hole in them.

i didnt know that dude thanks !!! how do you gusset it

matt for future slider installs you should plate the frame. when i installed mine i welded every thing up on the ground then i welded the sliders on all i had to do was weld the plates to the frame. i just think it is easier to weld flat plate to the frame as opposed to round tube. but gor gussets just make some triangle pieces out of some 1/4 stock and weld onto the tubes and frame

yup. I just cut some triangles out of 1/4" steel with a 90* angle, one side longer than the other, and welded the long side to the tube, and the short side to the frame. If I ever do it again though, I'm going to plate it, with a diamond shaped plate.

I plated my tubes with 3/8" plate that was nearly as tall as the frame. I welded the bars to the plates first then welded it as an assembly to the frame. No problems yet!

At least install the gussets. I welded my slider on to the frame with out the plates. I have used a hi-lift jack on the sliders & have seen them flex while lifting it. Now I have to install the gussets that came with the sliders.

very good info here thanks

Good deal So I need about 9 or 10 inches of 3/8ths thick by 3 inch wide flat stock or so should be just about enough for some gussets. I can manage that. should be easy enough to weld in.

I would mount the gussets on the top side at a " V " It's going to be tight to weld cause the body is close. I have never tried it but maybe you can loosen the front body mounts & remove the rest of the cab body bolts & jack the cab up as high as you can to get some extra room to weld, or tilt the cab to one side & weld it. If you try this, remember to check under the hood so you don't crush anything.

Tallchevy350 wrote:I would mount the gussets on the top side at a " V " It's going to be tight to weld cause the body is close. I have never tried it but maybe you can loosen the front body mounts & remove the rest of the cab body bolts & jack the cab up as high as you can to get some extra room to weld, or tilt the cab to one side & weld it. If you try this, remember to check under the hood so you don't crush anything.

If you're thinking about a body lift this is the time to install it as well!

Genius

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It comes naturally, thank you!