Well I managed to break two of the corner pieces that go between the rails at each of the corners. Does anyone know what brand the Ford cover is or where I could get replacement pieces? I think it's Extang but I'm not certain.

 

I broke mine as well. I repaired it with glue and screws. lol.

If you find out who makes them I would like to know. but i figure it might just be cheaper to buy a new cover all together. at least for me...

 

i got extang soft cover... but idk which one ur talking about

 

I broke two of these pieces. There should be 2 'ears' on it, but one of them broke off.

 

oh my tonneau doesnt have any pieces like that, sry i cant help

 

yep that is what i did to mine. kyle get a short screw and some good glue and screw that one corner back on if you still have it.

 

Well I found something on ford's website, the base part number is 501A42, but I don't really know what that means. I will have to go to a dealer sometime and see what I can find out.

 

Kyle, I have my old tonneau which was damaged and one of those corners (or two, don't remember) is broken. I should have a couple of good ones though. Let me know if you don't find what you need or it's too much money to be worth it and you can have these for a pittance, lol.

 

Extang uses a grey metal that is very similar but it is not an Extang. Most likely since Extang uses a different lock system in the rails they will not work. Shouldn't Ford have a replacement?

 

For what it's worth, mine was "genuine Ford" -- whoever makes it, lol.

 

Yeah mine has a Ford tag on it. It came with the truck so I don't have a clue what brand it actually is, but since the previous owner was a Ford mechanic I'd imagine it's "genuine Ford" also.

John if you know where your corners are, I've got my paypal ready and I wouldn't mind taking them off your hands. I'm sure they'd be an arm and a leg from Ford.

 

from what i know ford doesnt make them they bought them in a huge amount there was something on this on the old GE and you couldnt get parts

 

Let me go in the basement and dig out the rails and make sure I've got them.

[...time passes...]

Here they are. I didn't clean them up, but they're in fine shape. They've just been downstairs gathering dust and spiders -- but I won't charge extra for the spiders. The hardware is there also.

I'll put you on the spot: offer me a pittance, but be sure to include enough to ship them, lol. Whatever you want is fine with me -- maybe I'll get a lunch at McDonalds out of it...

 

Those look different than the ones from my truck... Mine don't have any screws in them?

 

ya there not even close to being the same...

like i tryed to say ford buys these in bulk from company's and rebrand them as there own..

 

That being the case there could be SEVERAL manufacturers. What holds yours in then? These are the "set screws" that hold the corner in the rail.

Good thing I took the pics before we went to all the trouble, lol!

 

Actually, I don't see much difference in them. What differences there are appear minor -- screws not withstanding.

To clarify: those screws never end up that far in. They just go in far enough to clamp against the rails. There is no threading or anything in my rails.

 

mine uses a small pressure clip in each rail to hold them in. Just to be safe, I think I'll take a look at what the dealer has, and then I may try Zach's advice to use a screw and some glue and hope that holds. If worse comes to worse I may take a chance on those. Thanks so much for the offer and the effort of finding them though John!

 

Not a problem. They weren't actually "buried" strangely enough, considering all the junk I have, lol.

I repaired one of mine with good epoxy and a small screw used as a "pin" to hold the broken end to the main body. It lasted until I took the cover off and it's still good -- but I wouldn't advise using it, lol. Still, I would try a repair before you spend any bucks -- you might be just fine.

It think it's different for "tilt tonno's) an stuff like that -- but this style I think you can get away with it. I did for about 6 months anyway.

 

I also had this "breaking" problem on my F-350. I bought a retractable hard cover made by Retrax. Kept it for 5 years and it looked and worked as good the day I sold the truck as the day I bought it.

I ordered one for my Ranger. They are kind of spendy (about twice the cost) of a soft tonneau cover, but since my old tonneau only lasted about a year and a half - well - you can do the math. I especially like the fact that you can lock it anywhere along the track, and the cover itself is lockable. I'm just waiting for a break in the constant rain here to install it. Install only takes about an hour and keeps the bed 99.9 percent dry, even in Or-E-Gun rain!