Bed bolt
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As far as I know Dennis Carpenter is the only one that has the correct bolts.
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Just my .02 but going the Superduty/ Ranger bed bolt route is a much better option. Even grade 8 hex bolts over the carriage bolts. Unless one is doing a nice restoration of course.
But think about it, just how hard are those carriage bolts are to remove and how quickly they rust and seize.
Although the OEM Dent style are a lot nicer than shone Depot carriage bolts...
Josh
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But think about it, just how hard are those carriage bolts are to remove and how quickly they rust and seize.
Although the OEM Dent style are a lot nicer than shone Depot carriage bolts...
Josh
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Yes, just have to pay attention to the length as their are different sizes.
But the torx head and clip nuts sure make life easy.
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But the torx head and clip nuts sure make life easy.
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or when you break 3 torx bits in a row trying to get ONE bolt out. Ask me how i know, I HATE those torx bolts
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On my truck the first time removing the bolts resulted in cutting/ torching all of them off.
Removing the bed 4 years later was basically the same procedure.
Removing the bed 10 years after that time was the same thing again, cut and torch.
And that is just one truck multiple times. I haven't had that continuous problem with the modern Torx bolts and speed clips.
I wish they were allen head versus torx though.
I'll be removing the bed on my 87 Ranger here soon, we'll see how this one goes with it's Torx bolts.
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