How To Bed Bolt Removal

[2014RubyRed]

PB Blaster FTW!!! Spray it on one evening 2 days before removal and again the evening before removal. Takes about 5 minutes each time. Use a breaker bar (the first time) to remove bolts. Anti-seize (the good stuff) the shit out of the bolts when you reinstall them. I've had mine out several times since the first time and they come out super easy now. Ford really should apply anti-seize to these when they first put them in. Would save us a lot of heart-break and cussing......

 

[pat247]

@2014RubyRed I think I'll go spray a little PB on the bed bolts right now even though I don't plan to remove them any time soon.(sic)

 

[Rodbender]

I used an air impact with no luck. Then our buddy Pete said try his Milwalkee battery impact with the Torex special bit. It was amazing how easy it was with this tool. So I went an bought one from HD

No spray just an 1100ib impact cordless tool
Amazing


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[Mkarban]

Tried removing bed bolts for RPG tire rack. Got 2 out. Stopped the torx head of bolt on head wall bolt. I figured I could drill this one out but one of the middle bolts over axle just snapped and keeps spinning???? Did I break a weld underneath? Looking under the bed, I can’t access any bolt. I’m guessing I’ll need to cut the head off, lift the bed off and somehow remove the nut/bolt. Anyone know what the nut part looks like? Is it a welded piece, a clip. How the hell to I fix this?
I thought this would be an easy job but I’m frickin going insane.
Thanks

 

[Deleted member 12951]

Tried removing bed bolts for RPG tire rack. Got 2 out. Stopped the torx head of bolt on head wall bolt. I figured I could drill this one out but one of the middle bolts over axle just snapped and keeps spinning???? Did I break a weld underneath? Looking under the bed, I can’t access any bolt. I’m guessing I’ll need to cut the head off, lift the bed off and somehow remove the nut/bolt. Anyone know what the nut part looks like? Is it a welded piece, a clip. How the hell to I fix this?

I thought this would be an easy job but I’m frickin going insane.

Thanks

Its a clip with a nut. Just slides into the top of the frame. You will see it when you remove the bed. You can loosen all of them and lift the bed up enough and get to all of them without actually removing the bed completely

 

[NotStock]

Good advice in this thread. '12 Eastern Canada truck that lived by the ocean all its life without undercoat (prior to me owning). I replaced my bed because of rust (and rockers). My situation is likely as bad as it could possibly get. I PB'd all of the bolts from underneath the day before removing. I scraped all of the bed liner out of the heads with a pick. I bought a Torx plus 50 and used a breaker bar instead of the impact. All 6 came out without issue and the bit is perfectly fine. Replaced all with the m14 dorman kit. Dont know about you guys, but I had to clearance the clips on two of the holes. I used a ton of anti seize on the new clips.

To answer the question earlier about normal bolts. Yes, you absolutely could use normal bolts except that the factory clips are those goofy self tapping deals. Not sure what the threads look like after you remove the stock bolts. I do know that a normal M12 nut will thread on the stock bolts after removal, but my clips were so trashed that I didn't try an M12 bolt in the formed threads.

 

[Mkarban]

Good advice in this thread. '12 Eastern Canada truck that lived by the ocean all its life without undercoat (prior to me owning). I replaced my bed because of rust (and rockers). My situation is likely as bad as it could possibly get. I PB'd all of the bolts from underneath the day before removing. I scraped all of the bed liner out of the heads with a pick. I bought a Torx plus 50 and used a breaker bar instead of the impact. All 6 came out without issue and the bit is perfectly fine. Replaced all with the m14 dorman kit. Dont know about you guys, but I had to clearance the clips on two of the holes. I used a ton of anti seize on the new clips.

To answer the question earlier about normal bolts. Yes, you absolutely could use normal bolts except that the factory clips are those goofy self tapping deals. Not sure what the threads look like after you remove the stock bolts. I do know that a normal M12 nut will thread on the stock bolts after removal, but my clips were so trashed that I didn't try an M12 bolt in the formed threads.

I used M12’s on new clips and they worked just fine.

 

[Halo Raptor]

Heres a good video from Kino on Offroad Alliance about this very topic.