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Today on this 2001 Ford F-250 Super Duty we will be installing Hide-A-Goose part number
9460-48. Before we get started we need to do a couple of things in preparation. First
thing we are going to do is go ahead and lower the spare tire and get it out of our way.
We also want to remove the heat shield from this section directly over the exhaust and
over the axle well. And then we also need to lower the exhaust off of its rear most
hanger. With those three things done we can actually go up inside the bed and start by
drilling our hole in the bed. We need to check with the directions to verify the appropriate
length that you need to mark and drill your hole at. On this particular long bed model
we are going to be measuring from the end of the bed here. My dimension on this long
bed model will be 46-3/16 inches. We just want to center that mark in between the wheel
wells. 00:51 And once those measurements are determined
you can go ahead and center punch that mark. Then we can go ahead and drill out our hole.
You want to make sure we drill a 3 1/ 2 inch hole here at this location. With the hole
drilled in the middle of the bed we will go back underneath the vehicle itself and start
putting the under body components in place. I want to make note here before we go ahead
and slide our cross members into place. You will notice that the two cross members are
a little bit different. The front rail has numerous holes here at the top and the rear
one has two squarish holes at the top and two oblong holes in the middle. It may also
help before we get the cross members into place to go ahead and clean off the threaded
studs here at the end of the cross members to fasten the head assembly to the cross members
we are going
to
need to put in place. Okay we
can go ahead
and
install
the cross
members now. 1:46