Bed Removal
 

How exactly do you get to the nuts underneath the frame rail when you remove the bed? And do you use an impact gun because I don't really see a way to get up in the frame rail with one. So what have you all done when removing the bolts? Thanks.

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Mine is a 1985 also. They were so rusty I ended up cutting them with a torch.

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Yeah that will be my last resort, I would prefer to keep the bolts intact if I can.

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hope you get an answer man. good luck.

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I used a regular socket and a swivel extension - or just a regular box end wrench.

Also - a couple of them might have corresponding holes in the frame rails - you can feed your extension through the hole, put the socket on one end and the breaker bar on the other, and then get a straight shot.

K

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That's what I was thinking but I don't see any holes on the bottom of the frame rail to put an extension through. And I didn't really think a plain old socket or wrench could do the job.

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I've always cleaned the threads, use a cheater to brake loose, then air ratchet them off. The ones that don't come off, cut'em.

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My problem is not how to do it, but how to get to it with tools.

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Okay the green is the bed floor, the black is the frame, the red is the bolt, and the blue is the nut. How do you get tools up into the black area underneath the blue nut? Hope this helps.

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Take and put a breaker bar with a socket and break them loose.

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Okay thanks, visuals help me more than words.

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I wanna play...

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...6789/frame.jpg


:lol:

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Ha.. that is great, I will show you guys something neat with this program tomorrow.

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clean the threads the best u can , small wire brush and some PB blaster. if you skip this step the nut may start to bind up at about half way off.....you then run the risk of rounding out the square hole in the bed the bolts set in.......no fun after that..:lol:

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hahaha nice picture vegas80step!

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Lol -

k

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PB blaster and a wire brush is going to be your best friend clean the threads of the bolts good and soak them up good with some PB blaster then use a breaker bar(preferably the longer the better) just remeber leverage is your friend. Also don’t forget about removing the wiring harness going to the tail lights, filler neck, and there might be a ground strap at the filler neck. then your ready to remove the bed, grab a 4x4 post and cut it to length so it can lay between the bed sides near the middle of the bed an that gives you a good place to hook a cherry picker and pick up the bed, or you could get about 6 guys and that will be plenty to pick up the bed if you don’t have a cherry picker

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Don't forget safety glasses! sux crap falling in your eyes

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Told you guys I would post pics of something cool with this program. I use it to try out ideas on "my truck" before I decide I want to do something.:metal:

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thats cool...:metal:

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Lot more where that came from. Will get more pictures.

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More

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one question, What is that program called????? i have to get it!

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Program: http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/product/gsu.html

Pre Built Models: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/?hl=en

Lots of cool stuff.:metal:

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You could cut a hole in the frame then just run the socket straight up to the nut.

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If they are at all rusty just cut them.
I can't remember what the style of bolt is called but they have the square bit under the cap the goes into a square hole in your bed floor sheet metal. If you round out the hole in your bed it makes re-installation a real pita
If you don't have a welder....
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Not messing with the frames structure.
When the bed come off it will be going to the junkyard or scrapyard.

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yeah your right this is pretty cool....

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...20chevy206.jpg


hahahahahahaha.....

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Ha.. would be better with a bed full of them..

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Then you don't care about the floor. Grind the heads off the carriage bolts.

GMC Pauls or a GM dealer have exact replacements or stainless. Tractor supply will sell you grade 5 carriage bolts.

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Or thinking about that just cut the bolts with a die grinder or angle grinder.

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I went to a party earlier this year and had 11 people in my bed haha most of them girls... good times :lol:

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Bet you could get more people in there.

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haha yeah it is a long bed, even with my tool box i could get people back there

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We went to a Nascar race last year. We had 17 people in the bed of a 3/4 ton ford pickup. Also had 4 more in the cab.

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i tried downloading that program, but i need to know if it changes your computer settings. did you have and pop up/virus issues?

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Non at all it should be perfectly fine.

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That is an awesome program. Wish i knew about it before i spent 5 hours on paint making a sketch of mine so i could get an idea of what the finished product would be!!

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Still good but now you can improve on it too.

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i downloaded it, and its pretty cool, but i cant figure out how to modify the vehicles?