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06-14-2014, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Rustville USA or southeast Ia
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fastest way to remove bed bolts?
What did you do to remove the bed bolts? I've heard tighting with an impact till they break works but I'm not sure if my impact is powerful enough. anyways how did you remove them?
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06-14-2014, 09:38 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Temple City
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Re: fastest way to remove bed bolts?
I wire brushed mine down then sprayed with penetrating oil, and moved my way around the truck doing to each bolt.
Then I put a cinder block over each bolt head, and used my impact. They all came off easily on both my project trucks. |
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06-14-2014, 09:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Eganville, Ontario
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Re: fastest way to remove bed bolts?
My bed bolts just wanted to spin when I was trying to remove them, even when I did have them sprayed with PB Blaster. What I ended up doing was having to place a small tack weld on each bolt head to hold it in place, and used a 2 foot ratchet breaker bar to spin them off. Once the nuts were off I used a grinder wheel to cut the tack and then removed the bolt. Worked well and you would never be able to tell that's what I did. Not necessarily "the fastest way" but definitely took care of the frozen bolts.
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06-14-2014, 09:49 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: northern arizona
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Re: fastest way to remove bed bolts?
The fastest way is to use a Victor heat wrench.
Cutting torch is amazingly quick ............
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06-14-2014, 10:31 PM
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Robert Olson Transport
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: recent transplant to NC USA
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Re: fastest way to remove bed bolts?
I agree with the torch . Mine were so bad they spun too.. I was scrapping the bed so I cut the heads up with a grinder and poked them through
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06-14-2014, 10:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: kennesaw geaorgia
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Re: fastest way to remove bed bolts?
Didn't realize this was an issue, hopefully a Georgia truck doesn't have the same problem, guess I'll find out when the time comes...
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06-15-2014, 12:19 AM
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At the body shop.
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Land of fruits and nuts.
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Re: fastest way to remove bed bolts?
When I put mine back together I uses 1/2x4 Allen bolts.
Now my brake caliper socket and 3/4 wrench. Made life easier
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06-15-2014, 08:33 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Weare,NH
Posts: 1,592
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Re: fastest way to remove bed bolts?
I carefully used a grinder to hack up the bolt heads, I got a couple of the bolts out and the rest spun. Replaced them with hex head bolts from Tractor Supply, the rubber bed mat cover them just fine.
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