Stepside Bed Question.
 

How Do You Remove The Bedside Bolts After 47 Years Of Them Being On. I Am Pulling My Hair Out Cause Nothing I Have Tried Worked Dont Want To Drill Them Out If I Can Avoid It.bedsides Are In Nice Shape Would Like Ti Keep Them That Way. Thanks Guys.

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try this link
http://www.stovebolt.com/faq.html#screws

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it was kinda funny for me I cut a notch in them with a angle cutter then I put a little bit of torque on them with a flathead screwdriver then the heads of the bolts just snapped off. The rest was easy !

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I have a tool that split the nuts. Here is a pic.

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Thanks All, I Found What I Needed On The Stovebolt Page.

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Hay bronx, what about the adjustable wrench in the picture? what's that on the end for?

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Hey Cal!
I dont know. Got it from a friend of mine who is a plumber.
Her is a close up pic.

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Its called an alligator wrench. Plumbers used it to trun pipes and rods, it was the speed wrench of the day. It didn't tighten them its just for screwing them together so you didn't have to use a big pipe wrench. They also used them for cast iron radiator bleeds and turning of gas valves. My grand father had a bunch of those lying around his shop all different shapes and sizes. Some are called crocodile wrenches. I don't know what makes one an alligator and one a crocodile. I think the channel lock pliers replaced them.

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Thanks for clearing that up dwcsr.:)

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That one is unusual in that it has an adjustable wrench on the other end. So it most likely had a specific purpose. Most have either one end or it has 2 alligator ends some even have threading dies in the middle. But I suppose I know a little to much about an old wrench, it might be time for a vacation.