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Does anyone know what will soften it or remove it.. They spayed the holes in the bed got to tap them out but liner is to hard
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Who did the job?
take it back and tell them to
Try nail polish /acetone or pure gas.
Harder than your taps? I guess I would treat it the same as if a bolt got broke off in there. Drill it out carefully with a drill bit smaller than the threads then use a tap to clear the threads. Unless I'm missing something.
But if it was done locally, you might ask them to fix it.
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If you decide to DIY and go the drill route as others suggested, don't drill down too deep or you're going to need a
new gas tank.
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Had the same problem. Went back to my Linex dealer and he showed me that I needed a much more powerful drill and short stubby socket set. My drill could not penetrate the liner and my bolt just wabbled round the hole. He just did it for me with his much more powerful drill and short sockets, in less than 10 minutes attached 6 bolts thru the SIBL.
Pretty sure applying a softener or any chemical to the bedliner will royally screw it up and stain it. Trying to drill out some of the SIBL would probably strip the threads.
Pretty sure applying a softener or any chemical to the bedliner will royally screw it up and stain it. Trying to drill out some of the SIBL would probably strip the threads.
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I would take it the dealer then and see if they can correct it. Should be simple a specially if they have their own body shop.
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Doing anything but taking it back to the dealer would be stupid, You F*** it up it's on you
Heat would soften it up for sure. Perhaps a hot nail to open up the hole and then a plug tap to finish cleaning it out. Don't go too deep with the tap.
