As our age of unibody construction is taken over, we still have conventional frames mostly seen on our trucks and heavy duty vehicles. A conventional frame is what we call most the time as a ladder frame. Think of a ladder, you have two long main frames with several cross members. On this little Ranger truck our customer hit a tree and decided they would repair and keep her for Jordan to finish school. Jordan and his Dad did most the suspension and upper structure repair and had us help them with the frame repair.
We first begin by setting the vehicle up on the frame machine and measure the front, center and rear frame between the cross members to see how the frame traveled at impact. When we were measuring we discovered more damage.
Our front cross member at the lower control arm was bent so much it was hitting the transmission. We discovered that we had a diamond and a collapsed front cross member and a front sway. Now we set up, block, and develop a pulling plan.
We first begin by setting the vehicle up on the frame machine and measure the front, center and rear frame between the cross members to see how the frame traveled at impact. When we were measuring we discovered more damage.
Our front cross member at the lower control arm was bent so much it was hitting the transmission. We discovered that we had a diamond and a collapsed front cross member and a front sway. Now we set up, block, and develop a pulling plan.
