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68Gold/white · 02-20-2020, 05:18 PM

I have also taken apart 3 beds, not sure I have it down as well as you have. I use an air ratchet on the nuts. Of course they stop spinning after about 3-4 turns and are stuck. I spray everything down with penetrant first. I use several sets of vice grips on the top side after I have spun several as fay as they will go, trying to position the vice grips to where they are loaded, against the bed wall. If you don't they will slap the wall hard and come loose easier...
I think the best way, may be to cut off the exposed threads off the bolts at the nut, that way the nut can't get stuck. I wire brush the exposed threads. That didn't help as much as I wanted it to...

Wht condition id the small block 400 you obtained. Those can be nice running engines, not sure I'd want one in a 4WD pickup, the extra power might be a test for the drive line...

02-20-2020, 05:18 PM	#77
68Gold/white Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ark City, Kansas Posts: 3,284	Re: 69 K10 From the Field I have also taken apart 3 beds, not sure I have it down as well as you have. I use an air ratchet on the nuts. Of course they stop spinning after about 3-4 turns and are stuck. I spray everything down with penetrant first. I use several sets of vice grips on the top side after I have spun several as fay as they will go, trying to position the vice grips to where they are loaded, against the bed wall. If you don't they will slap the wall hard and come loose easier... I think the best way, may be to cut off the exposed threads off the bolts at the nut, that way the nut can't get stuck. I wire brush the exposed threads. That didn't help as much as I wanted it to... Wht condition id the small block 400 you obtained. Those can be nice running engines, not sure I'd want one in a 4WD pickup, the extra power might be a test for the drive line...