There have been many discussions on this in the past. The old ones are best
removed using a spot weld drill bit (a special bit for drilling out spot
welds, I'm told-I don't know the tool personally). Then fill in and/or
clean up the holes/marks left on the bed sides; drill from the strip side,
so as to do the least damage to the bed sides). I feel it is best to remove
the strips rather than cover them because they usually have trapped a lot of
moisture over their lifetime & will have a lot of rust underneath them; the
bed sides will usually be pitted where the strips were. Attaching the new
SS strips CAN be done with screws & nuts, but that isn't going to look very
natural. Some members (if I remember correctly) have used Super glue to do
the job. That is probably what I will use. I'm sure some have spot welded
the new SS strips on, but that has the risk of "blueing" the SS from the
heat (& it is going to leave spot weld "scars" too; the glue won't do that).
Let us know what you decide & how it comes out.
Regards,
Doug Pewterbaugh
dpewter@msn.com
Denton, TX
49 3104 216 5-window
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Self" <mark.self@verizon.net>
To: "Oletrucks Mailing List" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 9:01 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] AD bed angle strips
> Sorry for the rudimentary question. I'm redoing my AD bed. Aren't the
> angle strips spot welded in? How do you replace them with the stainless
> steel aftermarket pieces? Do you mount them with screws and nuts? Is
> it better to cover them with the angle strip covers?
> Thanks in advance
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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