I'm getting a new bed and some body work done to the truck. The old bed and bolts were shot! Any suggestions on finding a set of new bolts or suggestions on using alternates? I called ford and they want something like $130 for 6 bolts! There has to be something more reasonable.



Thanks.

 

McMaster-Carr has a pretty good online catalog for hardware, you might check there and see if you can find something that will work and save you a bunch of cash.

 

McMaster-Carr is great, but I am not sure they will have a true bed bolt. Might have the right shape and length in stainless. For original hardware it is hard to beat thepowerstrokeshop.com. LMC Truck would be a good aftermarket sorce.

 

hesaintrn1, try this fastenal.com. Is there such a thing as bed bolts? Good luck.

 

Is there such a thing as bed bolts? Yes if you are dealing with someone that sells truck body parts. If you are trading with Fastenal or McMaster-Carr you will be buying carrige bolts. The trick is going to be getting carrige bolts with a "good" enough plating to hold up to the exposure. That was why I mentioned stainless in my earlier post. When we were building street truck using the 60-66 Chevy short/narrow bed platform we would use stainless to assemble the bed sides, front, fenders, and the wood floor.

For you guys that are not familar with McMaster-Carr, they are an excellent outfit to trade with. Have everything and usually ships the same day.

 

The only place that I know of that carries the OEM bolts is Ford. LMC Truck and National Parts Depot do not carry them.

But, they are only grade 5 carriage head bolts, nothing special. Any bolt supplier, like Fastenal, should have or be able to order the right size & lenght for you. Just take one of the old ones in for them to measure.

 

Hard to believe the price of those bed bolts. Up here the dealer wants $16 per bolt plus $6 for the nuts (with no threads). With tax that's about $25 per hole and I have eight holes for the box to be mounted. Image $200 to hold the box on. Wish I'd have never cut them off, should have just heated them up and took them out that way eh!

 

Hey theSaintnr1 did you ever find the proper bolts or did you have to improvise.

 

I to cut my bed bolts and need new one sill look for what I need to work and hold up it look's like the net is the best place to get them but to have 8 bolts ship'ed from BFE that is just to much (looking back I could kick my own a** for that on ) but will not cutting no more bed bolts unless I have to !!! u would think to get a bolt would not be this hard
and cost 125-200 for 8 bolts and nut what is the world coming to LOL

 

I have found a site that has what we are both looking for this is the site Carriage & Timber bolts, Carriage bolts, Stainless steel 18-8

 

Haha, it's the Night of the Living Thread.

Good luck on your bed bolts, though, man.