Did you undo at the filler pipe ?
Have you loosened the rubber hose that connects the tank to the fill cap
SOURCE: replace fuel pump 2002 GMC Sierra
I don't think there is enought slack to drop the tank without unhooking the lines. You can take this advise if you want or not its up to you, but i always found it easier to unbolt the bed and lift it back about a foot and i could get right at the sender where the pump is and in some cases i dident even have to unhook the fuel lines, pull the sending unit out chg. the pump and put it back together. Or you can do it the other way, unhook the lines, electrical wires, filler hose, and straps, if its got gas in it better have some help 8# a gal. adds up.
SOURCE: REPLACING FUEL TANK STRAPS
I know it can be a bear if the bolts and pins are rusted. Unless the new straps are OEM, some after market straps don't fit quite as well and you need Godzilla strength to manover them into place to get them pinned and bolted back up.
You shouldn't have to drop the tank as long as you do the straps one at a time. Get a floor jack, transmission jack or even a motorcycle jack and place wood under the gas tank and do one strap at a time. I used a second jack to help push the strap in place so I could push it into place on a 97 Dakota. Good luck and sometimes it goes smooth but, some times it makes a preacher say things they wouldn't say in church. :)
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