Daddyjeep Hauler - 85 K30 crew cab short bed

[Wasted Income]

Originally Posted by daddyjeep

I tried unbolting the bed mounting bolts and to my surprise they actually turned...for a little while. The head started turning in the bed. On to plan B. What is the best method to remove them? I was thinking drilling out the heads would probably be the easiest.

I would tack weld the head to the bed floor....unbolt, then cut the small tacks off. MUCH easier than drilling out the carriage bolts.

[daddyjeep]

Originally Posted by slotard

Will you be finding new axles or using single wheels in dually offset?

Not sure yet. I am trying to make a deal on a 3/4 ton suburban or a 3/4 ton truck with the 6.0 I want. If either of those deals works out I will have the right axle too. That could cost me more in the long run though if the gear ratios don't match up. Worse case, I will just run wheel spacers for the time being.

Originally Posted by Wasted Income

I would tack weld the head to the bed floor....unbolt, then cut the small tacks off. MUCH easier than drilling out the carriage bolts.

I thought about that, or welding nuts to the head. That way I could clean up and re-use the carriage bolts.

[wildwilly4x4]

Ive got a crew short bed I built for hauling my jeeps too. Im running an 8.1/4l80e combo though.

[Wasted Income]

Originally Posted by wildwilly4x4

Ive got a crew short bed I built for hauling my jeeps too. Im running an 8.1/4l80e combo though.

Me too, but I didn't build mine. My UAW pals in Flint did

[slotard]

Originally Posted by daddyjeep

Not sure yet. I am trying to make a deal on a 3/4 ton suburban or a 3/4 ton truck with the 6.0 I want. If either of those deals works out I will have the right axle too. That could cost me more in the long run though if the gear ratios don't match up. Worse case, I will just run wheel spacers for the time being.



I thought about that, or welding nuts to the head. That way I could clean up and re-use the carriage bolts.

I thought dually axles were significantly wider than SRW, so spacers would do the opposite of what you'd want if trying to mount SRW wheels.

The donor trucks will be IFS so unless you're going 2WD you'd need more.

[daddyjeep]

Originally Posted by Wasted Income

I would tack weld the head to the bed floor....unbolt, then cut the small tacks off. MUCH easier than drilling out the carriage bolts.

This worked beautifully, Thanks.

So obviously I got the bed bolts out. I even got the bed off after that.

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I then started fighting with the rusty hitch and bumper bolts. Luckily all but three of the bolts broke. Those last three took a 3' cheater all the way off.

Before

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After

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I removed all of the unnecessary brackets and started wire wheeling the frame. To my surprise, the frame has very little pitting under the scale.

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close up of the frame.

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Here is what has been taken off, including about a 20 pound pile of rust.

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