mmdavidw
Full Member
I was wondering if anyone else noticed some major rusting on their side bed handles on the rear of the truck?
I have a factory installed luggage rack and have had some problems from the metal shavings rusting. When I got it they detailed it well and got 90% of it cleaned up. From my cleaning since then I've got another 9%.
When I was working on it yesterday I noticed that the screws in the handles were badly rusted so I pulled them out and there was rust all the way up and down each screw and the bottom of the handle has metal tips, which were rusted and so was the area on the truck directly around it... but I didn't notice any problems on the truck after about 1/2" away from the handle.
I cleaned it the best I could and the area on the truck cleaned up really well and I don't see any perminant damage (whew!) but the handle and screws are rusted beyond repair. I left one handle as it was and cleaned the other one so they could see for themselves, I'm going to take it into the dealer today.
I was wondering if anyone else noticed anything like this and if you had the factory luggage rack or not.
David
I have a factory installed luggage rack and have had some problems from the metal shavings rusting. When I got it they detailed it well and got 90% of it cleaned up. From my cleaning since then I've got another 9%.
When I was working on it yesterday I noticed that the screws in the handles were badly rusted so I pulled them out and there was rust all the way up and down each screw and the bottom of the handle has metal tips, which were rusted and so was the area on the truck directly around it... but I didn't notice any problems on the truck after about 1/2" away from the handle.
I cleaned it the best I could and the area on the truck cleaned up really well and I don't see any perminant damage (whew!) but the handle and screws are rusted beyond repair. I left one handle as it was and cleaned the other one so they could see for themselves, I'm going to take it into the dealer today.
I was wondering if anyone else noticed anything like this and if you had the factory luggage rack or not.
David