Well been enjoying the new truck and this forum for about six weeks and figured it was time for me to post a DIY mod. I found a heck of a deal on a Cargo Divider for the CMS on ebay and just had to have it. Well when it arrived I couldn’t believe how well built this thing was but as I put it together I was very disappointed that it could not be removed except by partial disassembly requiring a wrench. Well this just wasn’t acceptable so this weekend when I had to remove it to haul mulch and do yard work I decided it was time for a mod. Here is what I did.
Machined the right slide mount at the bottom just enough so it would slip onto the CMS rail easily and trimmed the plastic insert to match.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/makobone/IMG_3336.jpg
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Cut the front of the left slide shortening it to 9”. This gets rid of the front “Safety” latch and allows it to slide farther forward. Two other items I didn’t like about the unit. Then I machined the front bottom of this slide as well so it could slip onto the CMS rail.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/makobone/IMG_3341.jpg
Here it is re-assembled and out of the truck.
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It takes a little bit of jockeying about to slip it in but once you know the right maneuver it only takes about 10 seconds. First slip it in below the rails.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/makobone/IMG_3354.jpg
Now lift left side up and onto the rail.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/makobone/IMG_3356.jpg
Now the right side.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/makobone/IMG_3357.jpg

The finished product
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/makobone/IMG_3351.jpg