Ford installed bed extender
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Ford installed bed extender
Does any one happen to know where I can find the tool to remove the Ford installed bed extender? By the way, I do NOT plan on selling my extender. I simply want the tool so I can easily swap my bed extender between my personal truck and work truck.
Last edited by Jared Hall; Aug 22, 2014 at 10:53 PM.
Yep - T50 Torx bit.
I bought a used bed extender and had to purchase the hardware to mount it into my truck.
It will be easy to swap, however IIRC that bolt just makes its own threads as you tighten it into the sides of the bed. I don't think they're meant to be taken in and out a lot as you may mess up the threads after a number of swaps.
I have a bed liner and had to drill some holes in it so the latching mechanism could go through it and into the holes in the truck. The bed liner holds the latching pins in place pretty well, but the holes in the side of the bed are meant to have some plastic grommets/bushings installed in them.
Is your work truck also a 2009-2014 F150??
if not, then a 2009-2014 bed extender won't work in it - I know at least the mounting bolts are different.
If your work truck has a bed liner you can drill holes in it and that should be satisfactory. If it just has the bare bed, the normal mounting kit comes with four plastic grommets that you just push into those holes where the latching rod goes into the bed on each side to keep the bed extender from bouncing up and down.
If you need those four plastic grommets/bushings you can get them from your dealer or on eBay. They look like they should cost about 15 cents for all four of them, but they cost 15 DOLLARS - EACH!!!!
The bushings are part# YL3Z-84286A54-AA. If you search that # in eBay you'll see some individual bushings will be available for $13 to $15 each, or there will be some kits with 2 bolts and 4 bushings for around $34.
Those bolts are for a 2004-2008 bed extender, but the bushings are exactly the same. When I got my used bed extender it didn't come with bolts (which also come with special sleeves), or the bushings. I got the bolts from my dealer, but for the bushings I got one of those kits off eBay because the 4 bushings were a lot cheaper that way than buying them individually!!
Bottom line - when swapping take care to start the bolt into the threads properly or you could probably easily cross-thread them and strip them out because I don't think they're really meant to be screwed in and out very many times; and make sure your work truck is of the same generation as your personal truck or the bed extender won't be compatible.
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I bought a used bed extender and had to purchase the hardware to mount it into my truck.
It will be easy to swap, however IIRC that bolt just makes its own threads as you tighten it into the sides of the bed. I don't think they're meant to be taken in and out a lot as you may mess up the threads after a number of swaps.
I have a bed liner and had to drill some holes in it so the latching mechanism could go through it and into the holes in the truck. The bed liner holds the latching pins in place pretty well, but the holes in the side of the bed are meant to have some plastic grommets/bushings installed in them.
Is your work truck also a 2009-2014 F150??
if not, then a 2009-2014 bed extender won't work in it - I know at least the mounting bolts are different. If your work truck has a bed liner you can drill holes in it and that should be satisfactory. If it just has the bare bed, the normal mounting kit comes with four plastic grommets that you just push into those holes where the latching rod goes into the bed on each side to keep the bed extender from bouncing up and down.
If you need those four plastic grommets/bushings you can get them from your dealer or on eBay. They look like they should cost about 15 cents for all four of them, but they cost 15 DOLLARS - EACH!!!!
The bushings are part# YL3Z-84286A54-AA. If you search that # in eBay you'll see some individual bushings will be available for $13 to $15 each, or there will be some kits with 2 bolts and 4 bushings for around $34.
Those bolts are for a 2004-2008 bed extender, but the bushings are exactly the same. When I got my used bed extender it didn't come with bolts (which also come with special sleeves), or the bushings. I got the bolts from my dealer, but for the bushings I got one of those kits off eBay because the 4 bushings were a lot cheaper that way than buying them individually!!
Bottom line - when swapping take care to start the bolt into the threads properly or you could probably easily cross-thread them and strip them out because I don't think they're really meant to be screwed in and out very many times; and make sure your work truck is of the same generation as your personal truck or the bed extender won't be compatible.
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Last edited by KR Kodi; Aug 23, 2014 at 09:50 AM.
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