Frame Conditions - Sag. Chevrolet Chevrolet C-Series Medium Duty Truck B7 1998

For 1990-2009 cars only

Makes 🢒 Chevrolet 🢒 1998 🢒 Chevrolet C-Series Medium Duty Truck B7 🢒 Body and Accessories 🢒 Frame and Underbody 🢒 Frame Conditions - Sag

Problem

Action

The vehicle is overloaded.

Straighten and reinforce the frame. Refer to Frame Straightening Description or Frame Repair .

The load distribution of the vehicle is uneven.

Abrupt changes in section modulus. Refer to Frame Conditions Description Frame Conditions Description for a definition of section modulus.

Improper body or accessory mounting, including the following situations:

•	Holes drilled in the flange of the frame rail

•	Too many holes in the web section of the rail

•	More than four holes in the same vertical line of the rail web

•	Welds on the flange, particularly across the flange or along the edge of the flange

•	Cutting holes in the rail with a torch

•	Cutting notches anywhere on the rails

A vehicle fire.

A Vehicle collision.

The use of improper equipment.