remove that old bed!! 42yo carriage bolt - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

rick0312 · 10-22-2011, 12:07 AM

If you are contemplating whether or not to remove that old steel bed here is one of the 8 carriage bolts that i removed. I think if I would have accelerated to fast the whole bed would have broke free and been left behind! Glad i decided to remove the Bed!

Hubscrub · 10-22-2011, 12:10 AM

i removed mine but not that bad (i'm in the south though) glad you found that have you checked your u-bolts

rick0312 · 10-22-2011, 12:15 AM

u bolts and trailing arms all new........thanks

Andy4639 · 10-22-2011, 11:07 AM

Yea I guess it was time for them to be replaced for sure!

I did mine several years ago when I first had the truck painted. 1990 I think are maybe 91,92. It's been way to long ago now.

no moa · 10-22-2011, 12:01 PM

wow!

I picked up my truck, headed down the road with it on the trailer, and i look back and the bed it 2ft out on the pass side, i was like oh ****. The only bolt holding my bed on had snapped off it wasn't that bad, but close, and there was NONE in the other holes. I was lucky it didn't slide off.

BMERDOC · 10-22-2011, 12:28 PM

Mine has (had) a wooden bed. Because all the wood had rotted and was missing you shake the bed up and down a lot. It made for a very noisey ride. I burned off the bolts and added two 18" strips of 3/4" plywood followed by 8 new carriage bolts. Tightening the bed and adding a real exhaust made so much improvement it seemed like a different truck!

70c10-08 · 10-22-2011, 02:05 PM

I dont have any pics of em but all my bolts were like that on my 70 bed bolts cab bolts radiator/ grill support bolts ya they deffinatly needed to be changed

10-22-2011, 12:07 AM	#1
rick0312 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Warrington, PA Posts: 403	remove that old bed!! 42yo carriage bolt If you are contemplating whether or not to remove that old steel bed here is one of the 8 carriage bolts that i removed. I think if I would have accelerated to fast the whole bed would have broke free and been left behind! Glad i decided to remove the Bed! Attached Images __________________ 69 C10 LWB GM 350 crate motor, 3.73 rearend

10-22-2011, 12:10 AM	#2
Hubscrub Cruzin Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: on the road Posts: 2,835	Re: remove that old bed!! 42yo carriage bolt i removed mine but not that bad (i'm in the south though) glad you found that have you checked your u-bolts __________________ Lime Wife's 67https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...wZEMODaS2d94u8 Back to the Fifties 59 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...NAeStpydfrcj_U Proverbs 3:5,6 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything."Charles Kuralt In memory of our first baby daughter, daddy and mommy love you. Danica Grace 6/26/14

10-22-2011, 12:15 AM	#3
rick0312 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Warrington, PA Posts: 403	Re: remove that old bed!! 42yo carriage bolt u bolts and trailing arms all new........thanks __________________ 69 C10 LWB GM 350 crate motor, 3.73 rearend

10-22-2011, 11:07 AM	#4
Andy4639 Old member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S. Posts: 19,945	Re: remove that old bed!! 42yo carriage bolt Yea I guess it was time for them to be replaced for sure! I did mine several years ago when I first had the truck painted. 1990 I think are maybe 91,92. It's been way to long ago now. __________________ 1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs.

10-22-2011, 12:01 PM	#5
no moa Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: maine Posts: 2,315	Re: remove that old bed!! 42yo carriage bolt wow! I picked up my truck, headed down the road with it on the trailer, and i look back and the bed it 2ft out on the pass side, i was like oh ****. The only bolt holding my bed on had snapped off it wasn't that bad, but close, and there was NONE in the other holes. I was lucky it didn't slide off. __________________ 1972 C10 Deluxe.Shortbed. 402/400. A/C, white interior, needs complete restore. Project Red, white and blue. Used to be a Longbed apperently. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=451950 1971 c10 step 250 3 OTT 1969 c30 TOW-MATER. 307 4 speed, holmes 440 body. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=451082 2006 CTS-V LS2 6spd.

10-22-2011, 12:28 PM	#6
BMERDOC Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Richmond,Va Posts: 2,934	Re: remove that old bed!! 42yo carriage bolt Mine has (had) a wooden bed. Because all the wood had rotted and was missing you shake the bed up and down a lot. It made for a very noisey ride. I burned off the bolts and added two 18" strips of 3/4" plywood followed by 8 new carriage bolts. Tightening the bed and adding a real exhaust made so much improvement it seemed like a different truck! __________________ Nick Carter 1967 C10 Short bed Fleetside Project Cheap Thrills! 2WD C10 Modern/Performance Alignments Easiest Alignment Ever!

10-22-2011, 02:05 PM	#7
70c10-08 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fairmont, Nebraska Posts: 552	Re: remove that old bed!! 42yo carriage bolt I dont have any pics of em but all my bolts were like that on my 70 bed bolts cab bolts radiator/ grill support bolts ya they deffinatly needed to be changed

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