Tackled the removal of the plywood floor in the sub today. Took me all day. First order of business was to remove all the bolts around the perimeter of the floor. Just squirt a little WD on the threads and the nuts come spinning off right? Wrong. There are upwards of 30 bolts holding the floor to the angles around the edges and I had to get underneath and grind off the nuts on all but 4. Now all the bolts are out and the floor just drops out from under the truck right? Wrong again. There are 2 crossmembers under the plywood one in front of the wheelwell and one behind the wheelwell. The plywood is bolted to these crossmembers with the heads recessed into the wood. The bolts have no screwdriver slots and are not hex heads and in order for the floor to come out the bolts need to be removed. I crawl under and then discover that the nuts can't be ground off because they are recessed into the crossmember which is a channel iron. Frustration sets in so I grab the sawzall and perform surgery on the plywood cutting along the front and back of each crossmember so as to free them from the plywood. They break free but still won't come out because their length is greater than the width of the bottom of the body at that point so I hack out more plywood and finally get enough to wiggle them free. At this point the bottom drops out and the job is done. I grab an Old Mil Light, plant myself on a chair and try to analyze just how this floor was put in at the factory. I come to the conclusion that it cant be put in from the top because being one piece the perimeter angles are in the way and it can't be put in from the bottom because the plywood is smaller than the openings around the wheelwells. Well anyway I've got it out and now I can get the body blasted. Anybody have an idea as to how they did this at the factory? C'mon Burb guys clue me in. Weeds the Younger is posting pics of my ordeal. Weeds
