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Bed mounting
I have had the bed of my truck off atleast 4 times in the past couple of days for cleaning and swapping to a new bed and I was curious if anyone has mounted there bed a different way?
I want to use six plated up top with counter sunk holes for the bolts and then after it's aligned weld bolts to the frame that way I only have to remove the bolts from the top and same goes for reassembly.
Anyone done this?
I want to use six plated up top with counter sunk holes for the bolts and then after it's aligned weld bolts to the frame that way I only have to remove the bolts from the top and same goes for reassembly.
Anyone done this?
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Woops, I meant to say weld the nut's to the frame. Not the bolts.
Here is a drawing of what I want to do. These will be fitted to the 6 bolt locations. The bolts will be counter sunk that way there is minimal obstruction inside the bed. The plates themselves will be 1/4 inch steel and will be welded to the bed.
Here is a drawing of what I want to do. These will be fitted to the 6 bolt locations. The bolts will be counter sunk that way there is minimal obstruction inside the bed. The plates themselves will be 1/4 inch steel and will be welded to the bed.
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I would just do a few tacks, but I plan on redoing everything and I want it to be rust free, so I want it to not have anywhere to trap water.
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OEM bolts/nuts with anti-seize applied would be more than sufficient. Granted I don't live in a rust-belt state but I've never had a problem removing bed bolts, and I've done quite a few. No point, IMO, in re-inventing the wheel. But, "it's your thing, do what you wanna do".
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Where are you going to find a counter sink bolt of that diameter? You are getting into aerospace hardware to find a countersink bolt of that diameter, then the next issue is that the thickness of the metal in the bed floor isn't thick enough to get a proper counter sink. I'm not knocking your idea but there's a reason that the mounting bolts are in between the ribs in the floor of the bed and the bolt heads are rounded off.
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I am by no mean re-iinventing the wheel, as previously said, the idea in my case is to be able to remove the bed from above.
There are no dimensions on the drawing, it was for example. It may not be the exact end result. I'll by the hardware and design it around that.
~Kyle
There are no dimensions on the drawing, it was for example. It may not be the exact end result. I'll by the hardware and design it around that.
~Kyle
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I am by no mean re-iinventing the wheel, as previously said, the idea in my case is to be able to remove the bed from above.
There are no dimensions on the drawing, it was for example. It may not be the exact end result. I'll by the hardware and design it around that.
~Kyle
There are no dimensions on the drawing, it was for example. It may not be the exact end result. I'll by the hardware and design it around that.
~Kyle
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