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Old 06-18-2014, 03:04 PM   #1
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How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

How many bolts are supposed to hold my bed on? Six in front of the tubs, six in back?
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Old 06-18-2014, 03:22 PM   #2
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

I believe there are 10 bolts on the long beds and 8 on the short beds.
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Old 06-18-2014, 07:10 PM   #3
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

So why are there 12 spots to bolt the bed on? Damn. I need two more bolts and washers. I already drilled the bed...
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Old 06-18-2014, 08:43 PM   #4
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

8 bed to frame on short fleet and 10 on long fleet
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Old 06-18-2014, 09:22 PM   #5
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

So which two spots DON'T get bolts? There are definitely 12 spots.
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Old 06-19-2014, 08:02 AM   #6
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

Can you provide a picture of what you have?
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

Two rear cross member mounts
Two in cross member front of rear
Three cross members in front, between the cab and wheels.

I can get a picture when I get home. I have a long bed frame i believe.
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Old 06-19-2014, 03:12 PM   #8
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Not a great pic. The two bolts closest to the gate go through those V mounts that are on the rear bed support. The next two rows go through the two crossmembers. Ignore the two extra bolts without washers, someone else got drill happy on one side, so I drilled a matching "wrong" hole on the other side to drop a matching bolt into. Hard to see up at the front, but the holes are in the correct spots up there. Two narrow, one wide each side.
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

See if this helps any...
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Old 06-19-2014, 04:06 PM   #10
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

And just for FYI...the short stepsides have 6 bolts. This is from 2012 when I replaced the floor
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Old 06-19-2014, 07:56 PM   #11
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

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lol, three in the back, two in the front. I guess the answer is... you can put three in the front and three in the back (but some people don't). You can also put them narrow or wide on the two back ones closest to the tubs. The other ones have to go narrow, except for the ones at the front closest to the tubs, wide only.
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

So, looking through this... Do the bed bolts always go through the wood to the frame? or has anyone done them hidden underneath the boards for a cleaner look?
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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

Same here, though I welded the bolts to the crossmembers, effectively making them studs. No need to pull the boards up to install/remove the bed that way.


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Re: How many floor to frame bolts, long fleet?

On my '60 GMC I have 6 per side, see picture
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