yes, definately take them out beforehand... when my truck was rhino lined (worse bedliner ever, FYI) they sprayed over the bolts, and when I had to take off the bed for soem body work, is was a major ordel to get to the bolts. Pain in the ***!

 

6 bolts, two guys on the driver's side and a 2x4. Or, jack the truck up if necessary, crawl around on your back, take off the straps, evap lines, and fuel lines, balance it with a floor jack or see how much you can really bench... You decide.

God forbid someone tries a different way to do the job. You say potato, I say potatoe...it's all a means to an end I suppose.

 

Taking the bolts out and then spraying the liner makes the finished job look much more professional!

It makes it look like the guy who did it actually gave enough of a rip to take the extra time to remove the bolts and do it right!

 

Its ok to be different......My mama says "Dont knock it til you try it".

 

Like I said, too late for me. But I'll deal with it if the time ever comes.

mattadams, why do you think Rhino is the worst liner ever?I just got it done and see no problems with it. I might have gone with Line X, but they don't seem to have a dealer in the entire (most densely populated) state of NJ.

At any rate, had I known I would have asked that they not be sprayed. Maybe they could simply tape them off?

 

How many people here have ever removed/ reinstalled a truck bed, and was there some purpose for doing so? I pulled a bed off my '71 F100 after getting sideswiped, then installed a bed I bought from a junkyard. But that was 20 years ago and a spray-in bedliner would have been irrevelent. I've also pulled gas tanks a couple times to change out sending units and I always accessed them from the bottom. Never considered pulling the bed.

To those who are fretting over their bed bolts being sprayed: All I got to say is if this is your biggest problem then you are doing GREAT! Don't sweat it and worry about bed bolts if and when the day comes that you need to remove your bed for some unforseen reason.

 

bench press? What happened to your buddy that was helping you with the bed? Is he leaning against the garage door watchin' the game, drinkin' a Bud?

 

Somehow, I get the feeling you've never done this before, so we'll leave it at that.

 

Agreed. I just find it better to drop the tank to do what still amounts to a pretty miserable job.

 

Miserable is right. Get soaked in fuel a few times from head to toe, and it sours your desire to service a sender from below.

 

All right Quintin, I get it. Let it go!

 

Didn't we have a disseration like this about gauges? Pfft, you're right, I'm right, we're all right, we'll leave it at that.

 

Im glad we can all get along.......Now lets hug........

 

I haven't, but I'd agree that TWO guys lifting the bed would be easier than ONE guy playing with the gas tank.

 

If my sender went out under warranty and I happened to have a full tank at the time, they'd play hell getting me to pay for draining the tank.


You come into my shop with a full tank of gas and want a lousy sending unit changed you get told to come back when it's 1/4 tank or less. You'll just have to suffer and use the odometer and guess at your mileage.

Fuel pump is another thing entirely. If it doesn't run it doesn't run.

Common sense, it's a good thing.

By the way, a smart tech uses the transmission jack to lower the fuel tank down.