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furpod
Moderator Group - pHp Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Topic: Double steps Posted: 02 Jun 2015 at 9:01am |
You would have to try very hard to actually mess it up. You are just cutting a notch in the back of the step to clear the frame. remove the factory step, hold the new step in it's place, mark how far down the frame comes, then measure how far you want the step to slide back.. as I remember, it was about a 3x4 notch.. |
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Fly Pod
Newbie Joined: 30 Oct 2014 Location: KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 30 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2015 at 10:04am |
I just used a hacksaw with a metal cutting blade.
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2015 R178 R-Pod
1998 Chevy Silverado 1500 2005 Ford Escape |
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TigerPawd
Groupie Joined: 04 Feb 2015 Location: Corpus Christi Online Status: Offline Posts: 68 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2015 at 11:18am |
Many thanks for all the feedback, Furpod, Flypod and Funks. I went ahead with the Sawzall and cut back enough to clear the frame. That gave me enough room to raise the top step about 4" and decreases the drop from the Pod floor to about 7", It also reduces the risk of dragging on steep driveways and it's lots easier on our old joints to climb up and down now.
The only shortcoming I can see is the amount of torque when we use the bottom step. I plan to get a couple of angle braces and attach them from the frame rail to the back of the step braces. That should help. I think I have see small braces that can be placed under a step - if it's stressing the mounts. Maybe I'll check those out too. |
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Joan, Jerry and the two Pugs
2015 R-Pod 179 |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 02 Jun 2015 at 12:19pm |
Probably the easiest solution is an old car jack under the last step. The ground will be at various levels so a fixed brace will often be too long or too short.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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