number/location of bed bolts - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

redone71 · 07-21-2003, 09:11 PM

Please excuse this overly fundamental question. I attempted to remove my short wheelbase stepside bed (under low light conditions and increasing frustration) and found a set of bolts about six or eight inches from the front bed panel going through the frame. This could be it and I know there are more. The two I tried to remove were at a rate of half a trun every 20 minutes, so I instantly exceeded the allowable frustration points fro the day causing me call it quits. Please please point me in the right direction regarding number of and location of bed/frame bolts

P.S. To and to the delima(sp?) the previous owner welded apiece of sheet metal over the bed floor, cant see bolts

nosto · 07-21-2003, 11:27 PM

redone71 -
Sounds like you got some fun ahead of you!!

I think you found the second of 4 sets of bolts. From the front, my wood bed short step has a set about 3" back, 7" back, about 6" behind the rear and at the very end of the frame rails.
(The LMC '67-'72 truck parts catalog has a good diagram for this.)

Not sure if the wood bed is different from the steel one....

Good luck,

07-21-2003, 09:11 PM	#1
redone71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Edmond, Okla. Posts: 65	number/location of bed bolts Please excuse this overly fundamental question. I attempted to remove my short wheelbase stepside bed (under low light conditions and increasing frustration) and found a set of bolts about six or eight inches from the front bed panel going through the frame. This could be it and I know there are more. The two I tried to remove were at a rate of half a trun every 20 minutes, so I instantly exceeded the allowable frustration points fro the day causing me call it quits. Please please point me in the right direction regarding number of and location of bed/frame bolts P.S. To and to the delima(sp?) the previous owner welded apiece of sheet metal over the bed floor, cant see bolts __________________ On the eighth day, he made trucks and saw they were good.

07-21-2003, 11:27 PM	#2
nosto Flamin' Bass Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Galloway, NJ, US Posts: 315	redone71 - Sounds like you got some fun ahead of you!! I think you found the second of 4 sets of bolts. From the front, my wood bed short step has a set about 3" back, 7" back, about 6" behind the rear and at the very end of the frame rails. (The LMC '67-'72 truck parts catalog has a good diagram for this.) Not sure if the wood bed is different from the steel one.... Good luck, __________________ Rick Olson /nosto/ Galloway, NJ Pics : http://community.webshots.com/user/nosto53 1972 Triumph TR6 - full resto, now with a Toyota 5-speed 1975 F**D F-100 - rusty, but reliable 1982 HD XLH-1000 1967 C-10, shortstep, 350/M21 4spd, nitrogen tank fills fast bags on 4 corners, Toyo 255/45X20s on American Eagle 221 20X8s, shaved locks and handles, antenna, fuel filler, tiny C-notch, rear fuel tank, long headers, Edelbrock, worn 600 Holley, Checkmate flush hard cover, rear pan, custom LED taillights - painted it, too! But don't like it so I'm gonna do it again!!



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