Bed Front Panel Bolt Direction - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**damnyankee36** · 10-25-2018, 05:51 PM

Quick question...

What direction do the bolts that attach the front panel to the bedsides point, to the front or rear?

sickboy_1456 · 10-25-2018, 06:40 PM

As far as I know they push through the panel towards the cab.

Nitro450exp · 10-25-2018, 06:57 PM

Nuts inside bed according to assembly manual.

Nitro

**damnyankee36** · 10-25-2018, 09:06 PM

Yep, that's what I found too after finally thinking about looking in the AIM. (Although they look better going the opposite way...)

**MDPotter** · 10-26-2018, 03:49 PM

I suggest putting the nuts inside the bed. When my dad and I put together his 64 bed, it was my idea to put the bolt heads in the bed, but then after we attached the bed one of the bolts scratched the back of the cab and we had to carefully cut the end off it with a hack saw blade. Those bolts come closer to the bed than I expected.

**damnyankee36** · 10-26-2018, 04:53 PM

Good point. I wound up installing them as it shows in the AIM.

**The Rocknrod** · 10-26-2018, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sickboy_1456

As far as I know they push through the panel towards the cab.

I just looked at the Mark-K assembly instructions and that's what they show. Nuts on the outside of the bed, screw heads inside the bed.

JJ660 · 10-27-2018, 11:13 PM

I went and looked at the bed (Short, Step-Side) I bought for my truck today. There are 5 bolt's on each side in the front. The top two are rear facing and are not seen from the bed. The bottom three are facing the cab.

View "A" in the 1960-1966 Chev/GMC Truck Factory Assembly Instruction Manual also shows this bolt configuration.

**The Rocknrod** · 10-28-2018, 08:07 AM

Correct-a-mundo.

10-25-2018, 05:51 PM	#1
damnyankee36 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Alamogordo, NM Posts: 671	Bed Front Panel Bolt Direction Quick question... What direction do the bolts that attach the front panel to the bedsides point, to the front or rear?

10-25-2018, 06:40 PM	#2
sickboy_1456 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 173	Re: Bed Front Panel Bolt Direction As far as I know they push through the panel towards the cab.

10-25-2018, 06:57 PM	#3
Nitro450exp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: MI Posts: 11	Re: Bed Front Panel Bolt Direction Nuts inside bed according to assembly manual. Nitro

10-25-2018, 09:06 PM	#4
damnyankee36 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Alamogordo, NM Posts: 671	Re: Bed Front Panel Bolt Direction Yep, that's what I found too after finally thinking about looking in the AIM. (Although they look better going the opposite way...)

10-26-2018, 03:49 PM	#5
MDPotter Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 1,165	Re: Bed Front Panel Bolt Direction I suggest putting the nuts inside the bed. When my dad and I put together his 64 bed, it was my idea to put the bolt heads in the bed, but then after we attached the bed one of the bolts scratched the back of the cab and we had to carefully cut the end off it with a hack saw blade. Those bolts come closer to the bed than I expected. __________________ 1964 Chevy C10 - Gen IV 5.3 Restomod http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=768632 1968 GMC C15 - Gen III 6.0 Restomod http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=772047 1969 Chevy C10 - Restoration http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=809184 1978 Chevy Scottsdale K20 1993 Chevy C1500 - 5.3/T56 swapped 2008 Silverado Duramax

10-26-2018, 04:53 PM	#6
damnyankee36 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Alamogordo, NM Posts: 671	Re: Bed Front Panel Bolt Direction Good point. I wound up installing them as it shows in the AIM.

10-27-2018, 11:13 PM	#8
JJ660 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Ottawa, Kansas Posts: 25	Re: Bed Front Panel Bolt Direction I went and looked at the bed (Short, Step-Side) I bought for my truck today. There are 5 bolt's on each side in the front. The top two are rear facing and are not seen from the bed. The bottom three are facing the cab. View "A" in the 1960-1966 Chev/GMC Truck Factory Assembly Instruction Manual also shows this bolt configuration. Attached Images

10-28-2018, 08:07 AM	#9
The Rocknrod Moderator Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: China Spring, TX Posts: 7,280	Re: Bed Front Panel Bolt Direction Correct-a-mundo. __________________ Master Chief, US Navy, Retired 1964 C10 Step-side Short Bed - In Progress 2009 2500HD Duramax LTZ 1948 GMC Panel 1956 Big Window Stepside 1953 5 Window Chevy Stepside 1932 Coupe New Seat Foam for Bench Seats?



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