Problems Removing Bed

[Baby Blue]

Truck info: 1993 GMC seirra fleetside 8' bed.

 

Having problems removing the bed. A few of the 18mm bolts came out and broke two others. There is a bolt on each side by the leaf spring I can't get a 1/2 implact on. Am I stuck trying to wrench it off by hand? any tricks.

soaked them in PB blaster on bottom and top side of the bolt. Still have 4 stuck on there. Trying heat this week.

I also noticed a few torx carriage bolt heads on the top side. Are those additional bed bolts are do I just have to remove the 8 underneath??

thanks for any tips or advice.

Mark.

[ChevyTech77]

Just the 8 underneith. If they won't come out, busting the heads off the bolts is the easiest way to get the bed off so you can then get the rest of the bolt, and its clip, out.