Skid plate bolts stripped

[dave pam]

Ok so today I dropped my skid plate (knowing that one bolt just spins and won't come out) and did some welding on my exhaust to firm it up and when I went to put the plate back up the front bolt on the drivers side lost the helicoil it put in, so I ended up buying a uni-bit and drilling out the hole and recessed a nut and welded it, ground it and undercoated it, worked great.

If this is an issue for you, I hope this little tip helped.

 

[CJ]

One reason I like the old way of doing the skid plate... Carriage bolts!

 

[dave pam]

One reason I like the old way of doing the skid plate... Carriage bolts!

Yha that would be great but I don't have thoes.

 

[CJ]

You know, I've often wondered why a manufacturer changes something that works so well and is so simple it never has problems... Things that make ya go hmm...

 

[mylittlecj5]

You know, I've often wondered why a manufacturer changes something that works so well and is so simple it never has problems... Things that make ya go hmm...

Planned obsolescence and better profit by cheaper manufacturing processes