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GMCjunkie · 04-25-2007, 09:54 PM

How in the heck to you remove the upper and lower OUTER trim from my Burb with out damaging it?? How is it held on ? I cant really get to it from the inside. Is there a special tool I need to get??

Thanks for any info!!

junk

**too much stuff** · 04-25-2007, 10:23 PM

Jodie, there are push in clips that expand when pushed through the hole in the sheetmetal. If you need to save the trim, you will have to get behind it and pinch them together. I am doing the exact same thing on a 71 burb. I have a 10" needlenose pliers to reach up and squeeze them together. Also, some pieces of trim have a 3/8 nut on the ends. No easy way that i know of unless you don't care about the trim. Good luck, Eric

GMCjunkie · 04-25-2007, 10:53 PM

THANK YOU!!! Im trying to get my truck ready for the body shop. Im stripping the interior myself, turned into a lot more "fun" than I had anticipated, lol I was hoping to save the trim in good shape as I know a couple people in the past have asked me about buying it when I took it off.

04-25-2007, 09:54 PM	#1
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Burb trim removal How in the heck to you remove the upper and lower OUTER trim from my Burb with out damaging it?? How is it held on ? I cant really get to it from the inside. Is there a special tool I need to get?? Thanks for any info!! junk __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

04-25-2007, 10:23 PM	#2
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,743	Re: Burb trim removal Jodie, there are push in clips that expand when pushed through the hole in the sheetmetal. If you need to save the trim, you will have to get behind it and pinch them together. I am doing the exact same thing on a 71 burb. I have a 10" needlenose pliers to reach up and squeeze them together. Also, some pieces of trim have a 3/8 nut on the ends. No easy way that i know of unless you don't care about the trim. Good luck, Eric __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

04-25-2007, 10:53 PM	#3
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Re: Burb trim removal THANK YOU!!! Im trying to get my truck ready for the body shop. Im stripping the interior myself, turned into a lot more "fun" than I had anticipated, lol I was hoping to save the trim in good shape as I know a couple people in the past have asked me about buying it when I took it off. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4



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