Body bolt issue

[teamblkdog]

I got it!! All I had to do was beat on the bolts with a rubber mallet a couple of good thwacks, then the threads caught and I could ratchet them tight. Breaker bar for a few extra turns, and done! Feels so good. Cliff notes for anyone else installing sliders and having trouble getting the (center) body mount bolts back in: beat them with a rubber mallet.

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[jdjohnson50]

I got it!! All I had to do was beat on the bolts with a rubber mallet a couple of good thwacks, then the threads caught and I could ratchet them tight. Breaker bar for a few extra turns, and done! Feels so good. Cliff notes for anyone else installing sliders and having trouble getting the (center) body mount bolts back in: beat them with a rubber mallet.

I was having this problem with both the middle body bolt nuts. I skeptically read the above and thought “Yeah, riiiiight...”

Well, damned if this didn’t work first time on both sides. Thanks teamblkdog!

 

[c1freitas]

I got it!! All I had to do was beat on the bolts with a rubber mallet a couple of good thwacks, then the threads caught and I could ratchet them tight. Breaker bar for a few extra turns, and done! Feels so good. Cliff notes for anyone else installing sliders and having trouble getting the (center) body mount bolts back in: beat them with a rubber mallet.

This saved me some serious aggravation. Just wish I had read it a hour earlier, it would have saved me more. Thanks!

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