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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:07 pm    Post subject: sportster bed rails ? Reply with quote

How do you make the roll the the bed rail on a sportster bed
Been trying to find how they roll this sheet metal sides
I have the plans but it does not show how that is rolled
I guess I could use a tube and weld the sheet to that then grind and fill the weld , but that sounds like aq lot of work
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sheet metal shop or fabricator shop should be able to do it for you...

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The bed rails on my Sportster are not round, they are square.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 2:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for the replys
If anyone knows how they do it I would like to know as I always like to learn how they do things
Kind of like watching How they made that
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hello Sandhopper,

Are you talking about the rail that goes from the back of driver and passenger side to rear fire wall?


Let me know. Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bed rails, are usually the side edge of a pickup style bed of a vehicle.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Take a look a replacement 1950 Ford truck bed panels

http://www.northernclassictrucks.com/195372_bedsides.htm

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks for the reply about ford truck parts , that is what I'm looking for
That is just a bit $$$ for what I want to do
How to make that roll is what I would like to know
There was someone making parts , but it looks like they have gone away
Maybe someone has the bed for this project
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think one long one cut in half would probably work for both sides. Contact the company and talk to them and see if they'll just provide the rolled and bent panel without the welded on stiffeners, it might be cheaper.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A buddy of mine made his own bed for his 51 ford pick up. He used tubing and welded the bent panels (bed sides) to the tubing. It takes some work but if done right you can't tell it wasn't one rolled sheet.

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