bed removal
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I'm going to remove the rusted out box on the '77 f250 and was wondering if it's as easy as it looks. Remove tailights, gas tank filler pipes.(two with the 460 of course). Can I just grind off the heads of the bolts from inside the box and then lift the whole thing off with a chainfall? I'm planning on making it a shorty with a custom wood flatbed.
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250, there are 8 bolts holding the bed on, 6 through the floor, and 2 at the back frame member.
I have taken them off by myself, without a chain hoist. Just lift it up and roll it off to the side.
John
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In the still cool hours of the night, you can hear chevys rusting away.
I have taken them off by myself, without a chain hoist. Just lift it up and roll it off to the side.
John
66 F100s
In the still cool hours of the night, you can hear chevys rusting away.
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if the bed has been on for along time you have no other choice than to grind.the carriage bolts will turn in the bed if rusted or to tight and they are a joke to torch off underneath.those bolts are high-tensile.some beds won't even come off w\ the heads grinded off!the shank is bigger than the threaded hole,so you can't push them through.blue=
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Myself I chuck up a drill bit in my drill and drill app. 3/8 of and inch into the head of bolt, they simply fall out when done. If it spins take vice grips to the nut. Drill same size of shank of bolt. Just my 2 cents
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