Wholly CRAP a OEM Ford $20 truck Bed Bolt?
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Wholly CRAP a OEM Ford $20 truck Bed Bolt?
Okay, I've been taking apart my 01 F-150 Screw 5.4L 4x4. I was removing the bed of the truck yesterday and started to remove the 6 bolts that hold down the truck bed. Oh yeah if you think that having that truck bed spray on liner is great, don't forget that if you want to ever remove it your goint to have to cut into the spray on liner to get at those bolts. Anyway those 6 bolts are all star heads so I went to the local Advance Auto parts to get the correct bit. Well I stripped 4 so I had to cut them out and 2 came out okay. Well the one thing I dread more than taxes is calling a ford dealer here in San Antonio TX to get factory ford OEM replacment parts. So I start talking with the parts guy and ask for a quote on the 6 bolts, he pauses, I hear some music and then it comes "19.89". I thought, hey that's not bad for six bolts,then I comes "NO THATS FOR ONE BOLT". WHAT, 1 BOLT is $20 what the hell is so special about these bolts, Now if you are going to say "Quit complaining", I Say then you buy them and I'm clammering up and waiting for them in the mail. But most likely your like all the other ford owners who get a second price shock when you try to get a ford OEM part. Does this bolt maybe have some of the DNA from one of the original ford family members? Just for grins I called the local bolt shop and we matched this bolt feature for feature and they only wanted $1.25 for one bolt. Can anyone please..tell me what is soooooooo special about this bolt? Or is it that San Antonio TX get's a special order of these bolts. Crap this burns my hide, I have bought 7 fords and everytime I go for a ford OEM part this happens. Oh well, If anyone knows where I can get these ford OEM bolts cheaper I would really appreciate it
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I think you should go back and cuss out the guys that sprayed your bed liner. The Line X guys that did mine removed all those bolts, and the ones on the tailgate before spraying, then installed them afterwards....no problemo.
So you were the one who took the last torx socket from the Advanced on Bab****!.......the parts dude said "the guy who just left, cursing at the Ford dealer took the last one."
So you were the one who took the last torx socket from the Advanced on Bab****!.......the parts dude said "the guy who just left, cursing at the Ford dealer took the last one."
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You know waht 4points, be careful with those sockets. Ford does this little trick of making the the star just a hair larger than what it should be. What I noticed was even though fits you most likely only going to get two or three chances at removing that nut before it strips. Also, I got my from the huebner dazavala store. The Home depot guy said its just passed the Walmart(7 miles past). I think ford has some special tools to remove these. Hey you know any reasonable(but good) paint guys here in SA?
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Originally Posted by satexasf150
Got it, just incase I want to hang my truck up for the night.... I think I'm going to the local bolt shop and get the replacements.
"Oh yeah, Ford had that bed attached with 119 dollars and 34 cents worth of bolts. Now, I got on there with $7.50 worth of bolts. Happy Trials!"
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man that's one hot town. Hey you should have acces to penty of good aftermarket parts shops, being so close to the border. Yeah I'm going over to ACE bolt shop and those puppies. Here is my project F-150 TRUCK . Have some ways to go, but oh well keps me out of the nudde bars. Last time i was in Laredo was for a high school baseball game against Nixon. Man that's one hot town