Loose hard top bolts. Help!

[bouncytruck]

I'm guessing you have a double wall top? Sounds like the inserts have broken loose You may try some JB weld or some fiberglass resin to hold them in place. I'm not exactly sure how the doublewall tops bolt up since I've only had single walls.

Why would you leave the bolts in the top when it wasn't on the truck?

[71jimmy]

IF you have a double wall and your talking about the bolts/nuts along the bed rail then it is the nut part that is loose inside your fiberglass. These are fastened with rivets. They are actually metal stips, 3" by 3/4" by 3/16, with a whole drilled in the center and tapped for the bolt. The only way to get them out is to drill the head of the rivets out. Drill a one inch whole, with a whole saw, just up the inside of the top. Then fish them out. I had to replace multiple ones so I drilled the hole between two of the nuts, so I could get to them with only one hole in the top. I had broken bolts in them that were rusted so badly they wouldn't break loose. I just bought some steal and made my own.