Cap Screws-Bed Tie-Downs
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Cap Screws-Bed Tie-Downs
I have an unknown brand Fiberglass bed cap on my 2005
Explorer Sport Trac, truck purchased two months ago. The bed cap installer removed the factory tie downs & replaced with a "lowered version" so the cap could be closed. My question is: do the tie down screws thread into a sub-plate under the factory bed liner, or are they fastened thru a plate & held with a "nut & washer"?. I need to remove the screws & de-rust them & re-paint black. ( Check the photo on the "galleries" page to see the cap ).
I am enjoying my "First Truck", & am a FORD man from
way back...trading my 1997 T-Bird for this ride !.
................GAGDAD
Explorer Sport Trac, truck purchased two months ago. The bed cap installer removed the factory tie downs & replaced with a "lowered version" so the cap could be closed. My question is: do the tie down screws thread into a sub-plate under the factory bed liner, or are they fastened thru a plate & held with a "nut & washer"?. I need to remove the screws & de-rust them & re-paint black. ( Check the photo on the "galleries" page to see the cap ).
I am enjoying my "First Truck", & am a FORD man from
way back...trading my 1997 T-Bird for this ride !.
................GAGDAD
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ReAX..........Thanks for the info, I think I will try just one screw to see if its the same. I did not want to drop off lock nuts under the factory bed liner & have to remove all that other STUFF to put back as before. GAGDAD
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I had a pup of a time getting my tie-down bolts out. ('97 F-150)
They were threaded into brackets on the outside of the inner wall of the bed.
(you can see if you crawl under).
BUT, they twist off really easy.
I learned to spray "PB BLASTER" on both ends of the bolts, & turn them just a little each day,(both ways).
I only twisted one off.
Good Luck!
They were threaded into brackets on the outside of the inner wall of the bed.
(you can see if you crawl under).
BUT, they twist off really easy.
I learned to spray "PB BLASTER" on both ends of the bolts, & turn them just a little each day,(both ways).
I only twisted one off.
Good Luck!
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Tie Down Screws
Originally Posted by narski65
I had a pup of a time getting my tie-down bolts out. ('97 F-150)
They were threaded into brackets on the outside of the inner wall of the bed.
(you can see if you crawl under).
BUT, they twist off really easy.
I learned to spray "PB BLASTER" on both ends of the bolts, & turn them just a little each day,(both ways).
I only twisted one off.
Good Luck!
They were threaded into brackets on the outside of the inner wall of the bed.
(you can see if you crawl under).
BUT, they twist off really easy.
I learned to spray "PB BLASTER" on both ends of the bolts, & turn them just a little each day,(both ways).
I only twisted one off.
Good Luck!
( check my photo on my info page !).
