Welder or body shop near Philly

[chrisd0729]

Does anyone know of a decent body person/welder in the Philadelphia, PA area that may be interested in doing my rocker replacements? Because the rockers and floors are shot on my EB, my perfectly solid doors/doorposts are sagging. I'm thinking about having a more experienced person do the rockers to get the body lined up again and then I'll do the floors myself.

Does anyone know of a shop around here that's worthy of this job? Or, is anyone here interested?

Chris

 

[chris]

Chris, Were are you located? I have a welder and a little body experiance, My truck is made up of parts from 5 trucks. Ever think about not putting the rockers back on but putting rock ski's on instead? Of course that wouldn't work if you were going for the stock look.

 

[chrisd0729]

Chris,
I'm not far from you at all in Willow Grove. I'm in Bensalem, 1 exit down the t-pike (exit 28). I live in Bensalem. I'm lifting the Bronco but, trying to leave most other stuff stock (uncut, fenders stock rockers, etc.). I was originally planning to do the rockers and floorboards myself but, because my driver side door is sagging about 1-2" with perfect door posts, I'm concerned I may not be good enough to get it all lined up again.

I tried to find a good write up on replacing the rockers, that tells what has to be lined up and how to fix stuff that's not aligned but, came up empty. If I could find this, I may try it myself. Did you do rockers on yours?

 

[2badrotties]

Rocker replacement is not that hard. If you have a door sagging one or two inches my guess is that your door hinges are worn out. The rusty rocker might be a part of it but probably not two inches worth. When your door is open can you lift it up and down from the handle end ? If you send member " Blue71 " a e-mail he will send you measurements for the rocker replacement. I did have them but lost all the info off my computer.

 

[chrisd0729]

2bad- thanks for the info on Blue71. I'm sending him a message now. Yes, I can move the door up and down from the handle side. Does this mean it's more likely to be the hinges? What's involved in fixing this?

Chris

 

[2badrotties]

if the hinges are bad you can do one of a couple of things. Buy new hinges ( there are two on e-bay right now ) , find some good used hinges, or Jeffs sells a kit to put bigger pins in your old hinges. If the hinges are bad , replacing the rocker won't help the whole problem.

 

[chris]

Hey Chris, Does your house back up to the turnpike? I once saw a Bronco in a back yard along there.

Didn't have to do my rockers as they were ok. I have replaced a rear wheel well and fender assy from another truck. That was from the rocker back. I don't think it would be to hard.

Let me know if you want some help.

 

[Jazona]

I highly recommend the bronz bushing repair. Just drill out the hinges with a specific sized drill bit, drive in the bushings and reassemble.

Did it on my 69 and they lasted for years, until I took them off.