Is this rust normal?

I lived in Florida and my bolts did the same after only a year and a half.

 

Wow.

Is all I have to say. Sometimes I wonder why I even visit this forum.

 

Huh?

 

See ya

 

Agreed. And to go one step further, I wouldnt even waste my time replacing them. Metal rusts, especially when it is in an open bed that is exposed to the weather 24/7.
Afterall, it is a truck bed, designed to carry crap, get scratched, scraped etc. Just use it as it is intended.

 

Wack it with a hammer? If it falls apart fix it? If it sounds solid then....it is solid.

 

Didn't mean to be rude, its exposed metal, its a pickup truck bed.

Common sense no?

 

There you go. Salty surfboards in the back alla time.

You can always ask at the dealer, and see what they say.

But if they do replace, it'll be with the same part and the same thing's going to happen.

If it were me, I'd probably wire-wheel them, couple thin coats of primer, and six or eight light coats of paint.

Might need to use a chemical rust remover to get the rust from down in the torx head for the bolt.

 

Actually, as I think about it, I've kept eye bolts in my pickup truck beds for years.

Paint doesn't stick to them because they're zinc plated.

And eventually they rust.

And I've never worried about it.

So scratch that. If it were, in fact, my truck, forget all that stuff I previously said. -- experience says I wouldn't worry about it.

But if for some reason it was bugging me, then that's the approach I'd take.

 

Took care of this exact problem this weekend.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/202825-those-damn-rusty-bed-bolts-no-more.html

 

It's totaled.

 

Go learn some science then get back to us.