How do you get rusted bolts loose on the bed of your pickup truck?

Question

I was trying to take the bed of my 1989 Ford Ranger truck, but the bolts were rusted to bad and would not come loose. Any help would be appreciated

Answer 1

Liquid wrench or tourch heat it.

Answer 2

PB Blaster is the best spray product to use. Soak the heads and threads of the bolts for at least 15 mins. Try to loosen the bolts using a 12 point socket or the box end of a wrench. This will help to reduce the head from crumbling away. If you can't grab the bolts with those, try a pipe wrench or vise-grips. Sometimes it helps to apply some heat from a propane torch to the bolt while you try to loosen it. If that fails, you can drill out the heads and use a reverse drill bit (sometimes called easy-out or screw extractor) on the bolt shaft. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

A rust solvent called BLASTER available in any auto parts, Lowe's, Walmart, Home Depot or independent hardware stores. It's much faster than anything else.
You must apply around the head of the bolt and the threaded end beneath the truck frame.
If all else fails acetylene / oxygen torches do the trick in seconds. Any muffler or repair shop has these torches. Good Luck!

Answer 4

fire, no seroiusly use a torch cut them off then weld new bolts back on,or you can try wd 40 it is a rust eater,or liquid wrench is another spray product you can use it works good also

Answer 5

I would buy a nut splitter, then you don't have to wait for the liquids to work or get a cutting torch.

Answer 6

liquid wrench is best -- sometimes if you squirt a little oil on
them and let it set for a couple days they'll loosen up--
otherwise cut'em with a torch or drill them out.

Answer 7

just cut the nuts off and the bed is free.