April 25, 2016
Blew the bed apart today. What a pain in the butt. Again with the broken bolts and adding to the fun was a prior owner welded the bed sides to the rear most cross sill - gee, THANKS! Of course I had to cut the welds and that screwed them on a bit. Here's the bed broken down:
Just a few pic's of the details. The bed front panel is barely dented - good. But when I tapped it on the pavement a LOT of heavy rust fell out including some inch long solid pieces and the one rust-through spot I thought I had looks more like a running 8-10" of rust-through. I'll be replacing the front panel because of this, unfortunately.
Here you can see the welding of the bed side to the cross brace. Both sides were done of course. WHY would someone do this?
