06 frame rust - Competition Diesel.Com

Jakediesel06 · 07-27-2019, 01:38 PM

I have a 06 dodge 2500 and frame is rusted through behind the cab. And I’ve been doing a lot reading on and haven’t seen anyone real fix it yet. Guess I’m wondering if I can buy a section of frame or see if I can get a fab shop to bend me piece to try match the bend on the tubing and weld it in.

Jakediesel06 · 07-27-2019, 02:07 PM

Is there a place that sells pieces to fix the frame or am I going to have to find a place to make them. Seems to be a pretty common problem I’m finding out didn’t know with there were parts out there to fix it.

RollCoal9000 · 07-27-2019, 07:53 PM

Cut the broken section and weld in new steel. Back half it behind the frame and build a new back section. Or just build a whole new frame.

Easiest solution plate the rusted parts and wait for it to rust through truck will probably be dead by then.

TheBac · 07-27-2019, 08:40 PM

I would check boneyards for rear frame sections. Depending on where the rot is, you may be able to cut the frame like guys do when shortening from long to short bed, and weld the new section in at the factory location (with fishplates, of course).

The obvious other way to go is to look on car-part.com and buy a complete good-condition used frame, then swap everything over. Would be a long tedious process, but you'd have a complete truck again.

booomer27 · 09-18-2019, 11:59 AM

I would just plate it and keep trucking.

***Timbeaux*** · 09-18-2019, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by booomer27

I would just plate it and keep trucking.

Pribably the cheapest route- how long do you plan on keeping the truck?

Mark Nixon · 09-18-2019, 03:22 PM

I'll dice up a frame any way you want!
Just tell me where and how much you need.

Mark.

07-27-2019, 01:38 PM	#1
Jakediesel06 Name: Jakediesel06 Title: Green Behind the Ears Status: Not Here Join Date: Sep 2018 Member`s Gallery Posts: 48	06 frame rust I have a 06 dodge 2500 and frame is rusted through behind the cab. And I’ve been doing a lot reading on and haven’t seen anyone real fix it yet. Guess I’m wondering if I can buy a section of frame or see if I can get a fab shop to bend me piece to try match the bend on the tubing and weld it in.

07-27-2019, 08:40 PM	#4
TheBac Name: TheBac Title: UPS guy Status: Not Here Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mid Michigan Member`s Gallery Posts: 2,344	I would check boneyards for rear frame sections. Depending on where the rot is, you may be able to cut the frame like guys do when shortening from long to short bed, and weld the new section in at the factory location (with fishplates, of course). The obvious other way to go is to look on car-part.com and buy a complete good-condition used frame, then swap everything over. Would be a long tedious process, but you'd have a complete truck again. __________________ Tom "BBT" -- 2003 GMC CC/SB 4x4 12.14@111.15 "KLESHAY" -- 2000 C5 Corvette -- the toy 2017 Buick Regal 2.0T -- the DD

09-18-2019, 03:22 PM	#7
Mark Nixon Name: Mark Nixon Title: No Savior among the flesh Status: Not Here Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brownville, Nebraska Member`s Gallery Posts: 8,676	I'll dice up a frame any way you want! Just tell me where and how much you need. Mark. __________________ If you or I did business like the PEOPLE in government do business, we'd be put in jail. Government is coercive. Anarchy: The state of existence where there are no masters & no slaves. Therefore, Anarchy means the ABSENCE OF SLAVERY, or, in other words, FREEDOM.

07-27-2019, 02:07 PM	#2
Jakediesel06 Name: Jakediesel06 Title: Green Behind the Ears Status: Not Here Join Date: Sep 2018 Member`s Gallery Posts: 48	Is there a place that sells pieces to fix the frame or am I going to have to find a place to make them. Seems to be a pretty common problem I’m finding out didn’t know with there were parts out there to fix it.

07-27-2019, 07:53 PM	#3
RollCoal9000 Name: RollCoal9000 Title: Green Behind the Ears Status: Not Here Join Date: Feb 2019 Member`s Gallery Posts: 99	Cut the broken section and weld in new steel. Back half it behind the frame and build a new back section. Or just build a whole new frame. Easiest solution plate the rusted parts and wait for it to rust through truck will probably be dead by then.

09-18-2019, 11:59 AM	#5
booomer27 Name: booomer27 Title: Rookie Status: Not Here Join Date: Aug 2016 Member`s Gallery Posts: 6	I would just plate it and keep trucking.