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Best way to remove bedliner from pre-drilled holes?

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Got a Trail Rail and it arrives today; need the easiest method since I'm not the best with tools.
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Go buy the corresponding tap for the bolts. Just gently push and twist the tap until it catches the treads of the inserts. You need to do that all the way in to clear the threads of any bed liner that for certain made it into the threads. That’s what I did on mine. Worked like a charm and didn’t take too long.
 
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Well, let's see how it goes.....I'll use that as a backup plan!
 

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I used a soildering iron on mine to heat up the material in the hole then ran a tap right through it. Worked really good on mine.
 

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I just gave it all I had with a hand drill and adapter. Those things are never come off. The access bedliner in the groves of the bolt will prob act as a super lock tight. :LOL:
 

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The answers with a thread tap are the right ones. But if you want to be a cheap ass, I spun the end of my Phillips screwdriver into each one and that was enough to clear them sufficiently to get the screw threads started.

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I used a razor to clean gently clean out the bigger stuff, so I could see the start of the threads and then used an m6x1.0 thread chaser from amazon to clean them out. Super simple, worked great.
 

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I went the super cheap method and found a bolt with same thread pattern and did a DIY thread chaser. Just use a grinder or file to flatten down one or 2 sides of the threads. That worked for me when installing my cover hardware.
 

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i sprayed PB Blaster in the holes then used my pocket knife to get the starter thread cleaned out ... the factory spray in liner just seemed to get softer or melt with the blaster stuff .. worked for me ... then started the bolts
 

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I used a soildering iron on mine to heat up the material in the hole then ran a tap right through it. Worked really good on mine.
The heat is a brilliant idea.
 
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I don't have a soldering iron but now have a good reason to get one ;)
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