Ford Bed Track Tie Down and Hook

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Adjustable tie down locations for the Ford Bed Track and Cleat Cargo Management System. I've made these for my Maverick, but I assume that these will work on any Ford truck using the system.

These use a 5/16" eyebolt to provide strength to the tie down, securing to a nut on the inside of the bedrail. Pop the endcap off, slide the nut holder in, put the endcap back on. There's a spacer with a hook attachment for grocery bags or whatever. The square insert locks the spacer in vertically on the bedrail. Then simply screw in the main body and hand tighten. You can adjust the tie down location by loosening the body and sliding it where you want.

USE THESE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I would only use the factory tie downs for any heavy load. While the eyebolt seems pretty stout, it lists the safe working load at 90lbs. While I believe it will hold a lot more than that, I don't know the limits. The factory cleats are rated at 200lbs. If you roll your truck with a lawnmower in the back, I wouldn't count on these holding it down.

Do not use PLA, as it's not suitable for use outdoors. I've printed my final prototype out of PETG, but I'll be printing the next ones out of something stouter, maybe some PA-CF. PETG will probably work for light duty; I'd suggest 6 walls and heavy infill.

One issue I came across was that the eyebolts don't form a perfect circle. Wanting to use easily obtainable hardware, I found that the 5/16" x 3 ¼" from Tractor Supply was the only one that seemed to fit the model right; the one from Lowe's was too out of round. I could have (and still might) try to make a round lifting bolt work; while the working load is like 5x as much as the one I used, it also costs about 5x as much.

You will need to clamp the two sides with the bolt inside when you glue them up; it's a tight fit and you might have a tiny gap when you first assemble it. This is why I decided on alignment nubs instead of making them snap together. I'm trying out J-B Weld Plastic Bonder for the first time. While it's got a set time of 15 mins, it was still slightly tacky after 30 so I just left them clamped overnight.

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