Bed removal
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Bed removal
Looking at replacing the fuel pump on my 98 Ram SS/T. Is it that much easier to remove the bed rather than drop the tank? I checked the manual and it only shows 4 bolts. Is that possible? What do you do about the spare tire carrier?
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I found this on another site. hope it helps. personally i would just drop the tank. thats just me though 
1) Disconnect the battery negative terminal
2) Disconnect the fuel filler tube - 4 screws
3) Drop the spare tire (makes the bed bolts easier to reach)
4) Removed the plastic license plate holder - 5 screws (this might not be necessary, but I didn't want it getting in the way)
5) Removed the 4 forward-most cargo bed bolts. Loosened the 2 rear-most bolts just before the rear bumper. I backed those out about an inch, so they were almost out.
6) Using a floor jack and miscellanous pieces of 2x6 wood blocks, I jacked up the front of the bed.
7) Next I disconnected all the hoses and electricalconnections, then removed the whiteplastic lock ring. To get the big ring off, I used a tool that has a long strap of rubber that wraps around the ring and allows you to apply leverage to rotate it (sorry, don't know the name of the tool). It's like an oil filter wrench with a rubber strap instead of metal.
8) I had to jack up the bed a couple more inches from the picture in order to coax the old pump out of there. Here's a picture with the pump out, showing how much I had to jack things up.
1) Disconnect the battery negative terminal
2) Disconnect the fuel filler tube - 4 screws
3) Drop the spare tire (makes the bed bolts easier to reach)
4) Removed the plastic license plate holder - 5 screws (this might not be necessary, but I didn't want it getting in the way)
5) Removed the 4 forward-most cargo bed bolts. Loosened the 2 rear-most bolts just before the rear bumper. I backed those out about an inch, so they were almost out.
6) Using a floor jack and miscellanous pieces of 2x6 wood blocks, I jacked up the front of the bed.
7) Next I disconnected all the hoses and electricalconnections, then removed the whiteplastic lock ring. To get the big ring off, I used a tool that has a long strap of rubber that wraps around the ring and allows you to apply leverage to rotate it (sorry, don't know the name of the tool). It's like an oil filter wrench with a rubber strap instead of metal.
8) I had to jack up the bed a couple more inches from the picture in order to coax the old pump out of there. Here's a picture with the pump out, showing how much I had to jack things up.
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I did the bed removal on my 97 it was soo easy i had a engine hoist handy its the best way. i took my whole bed off to clean up the frame and i did a flatbed for a little.
it took about 20 min to safely remove the bed myself.
do whats said up there^^^ and if u dont have a engine hoist get 2 guys to lift it off its light.
it took about 20 min to safely remove the bed myself.
do whats said up there^^^ and if u dont have a engine hoist get 2 guys to lift it off its light.
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Yup. Looks like I'll be taking the bed off to change the fuel pump. Maybe I'll install a cat back at the same time. There is a Doug Thorley cat back on ebay very reasonable. About $145 shipped.