Bed wood bolts. HELP!
 

I'm changing out my bed wood, all the small bolts in the field came out fairly easy or broke off. The larger bolt around the perimeter are proving to be a real pail in the a**. Have you guys found a better way? I've sprayed pb blaster, and still no dice. If I'm gonna have to grind or drill all of these, I'm gonna lose it. Thanks in advance.

Re: Bed wood bolts. HELP!
 

If you are changing all the wood, sawsall is the way to go, I had mine out in no time!

Jim

Re: Bed wood bolts. HELP!
 

Instead of trying to loosen take an air impact or electric and tighten until they snap. This is how I did my stubborn bolts.

Re: Bed wood bolts. HELP!
 

Using a sawsall with a wood blade, cut the wood away a little distance away from the flange, then cut the old wood away from under the flange...

Change the sawsall blade to a metal one and come in from outside into the old wood and cut the bolts off...

Be careful to keep accurate pressure so you dont cut the flanges of the bedside...

Once the wood is out, just cut the bolts in half from under the flange...

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Re: Bed wood bolts. HELP!
 

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Re: Bed wood bolts. HELP!
 

I was able to do this with the bolts in the strips. I tried it on the outside bolts, all it did was spin the bolt in the bed side. Which ruined the square hole.

Re: Bed wood bolts. HELP!
 

Time for a sawsall then...

harborfreight

https://www.harborfreight.com/power-...saw-61884.html

best $ 30 you will ever spend...just make sure you get wood and metal blades...

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