bed bugger

[a1awind]

doing some forward planning today and was up tooling around with my MJ and i realized that the bed bolts don't go all the way through. they seem to be studs welded to the underside of the bed.... I'm getting a new bed this spring and i don't have access to a cutting torch what do i do?

 

i don't wanna seem helpless when it comes to this but its my first project

[jeepthing07]

they are studs but are not welded... It made it easier to line up when putting it together at the factory. i just put bolts back in mine when i put my bed back on its a metric thread iirc

[Limeyjeeper]

The bed studs/bolts are M10 x 1.50 with 15mm heads on the bolts/nuts.

[a1awind]

yeah but the thing that irks me is the boneyard probably cut the studs. can you replace them? or should i just drill a hole and use carriage bolts?

 

the old ones are so corroded (sp) they will need cut off but the new ones are what i am worried about.

[Oizarod115]

yeah but the thing that irks me is the boneyard probably cut the studs. can you replace them? or should i just drill a hole and use carriage bolts?

 

the old ones are so corroded (sp) they will need cut off but the new ones are what i am worried about.

 

i would assume you could use a set of stud extractors, they shouldn't be MADE in there.

[Limeyjeeper]

Just replace them with bolts. It makes putting the bed on a bit more tricky but it is doable. Use M10 x 1.50 x 30mm as a minimum bolt length. Use 8.8g or preferably 10.8g weight bolts. You can get them at Autozone.

[a1awind]

excellent, thanks!