Dagobah's 69 stepside build thread

[68 C10 Driver]

Dagobah, great progress on the '69. I have a '68 stepside I am working on that sat for 15 years outdoors. The screws holding the fenders to the bed are pretty frozen, what did you do to get them out and remove your rear fenders?

[Justin Jones]

Originally Posted by 68 C10 Driver

Dagobah, great progress on the '69. I have a '68 stepside I am working on that sat for 15 years outdoors. The screws holding the fenders to the bed are pretty frozen, what did you do to get them out and remove your rear fenders?

We had to cut a lot of the bolts off too. If I remember right, those are Phillips head. Some of them we cut a groove in so we could use a flat blade screwdriver. Some of those are square shank so you can get a wrench on the shank. That was the last resort. If you can use a good impact driver with a Phillips bit on it that might work.

[68 C10 Driver]

Originally Posted by Justin Jones

We had to cut a lot of the bolts off too. If I remember right, those are Phillips head. Some of them we cut a groove in so we could use a flat blade screwdriver. Some of those are square shank so you can get a wrench on the shank. That was the last resort. If you can use a good impact driver with a Phillips bit on it that might work.

I tried an impact driver, buy no luck. I will likely cut them off to save time. Next time I think I will go with stainless and make sure I use a little antiseize.