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Am in the need of some bed bolts. I know that Dennis Carpenter sells their kit of the proper shanked bolts but i have a 1978 Super Cab with an Aux tank and I need two that are the blind style that have clips on the frame. Can't seem to find anyone who supplies these. Anyone know of any?
Also had the thought of converting to a later style that all installed from the top. Was worried they stuck up too high or the clips didn't fit on the frame. The local dealer showed me what they had and it was some self-tapping bolt that fed into an un-tapped nut-clip. Thought that was kinda cheesey and pretty expensive to purchase the set!
Bolt, 1/2"-13 X 4 3/4" Truss head
385283-S40
Green Sales, Cincinnati, OH has 40 (800) 543-4959
McLaughlin Motors, Sumter, SC has 8 (803) 773-1481
Dennison Ford, Bloomington, IL has 2 (800) 322-9431
Maples Ford, Warsaw, MO has 2 (660) 438-5110
If you also need the frame mounted retainer nut for the bolt
Nut & retainer assy.
385282-S2
Boyer Truck Parts, Minneapolis, MN has 1 (612) 378-0460
Fred Grande Ford, Casco, MI has 2 (586) 749-3141
Bowman Sales and Service, Bowman, ND has 1 (701) 523-3257
Herbert's Town and Country Ford Lincoln Mercury, Minden, LA has 2 (318) 377-8694
Also, on the late model replacement, yeah, expensive and pretty much guaranteed to gall and strip when you try to remove them, even with anti-sieze compound.
The bolt you listed, is it phillips head 'as original' type? Or?
I really can't answer that. The parts catalog just says "truss head". I would call Green Sales and ask them, they're usually pretty good with getting an answer. It may take them a bit though, they'll have to get the part and physically look at it.
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