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so, i did the oil change on my 07 s 4x4. Fist time i had to swap the filter, long story. anyhow, i quickly realized that once you undo the filter, you have one big oil mess that doesn't seem to ever clean up without first taking the whole bloody skid off. So, i went at it and undid all 8 fasteners and took the plate off minding which went where:
as i remember:
4 thin machine screws that are long as crap:
2 went into the holes on the very back of the skid towards the back of the truck.
2 went in the two holes on the front of the skid, one on each side, outermoist two holes.......
4 fat screws:
they go in the skid in the front in 4 holes that are recessed and the bumber has 4 round cutouts so that you can stick a tool up there to remove/install them...
my problem is this.....
i installed the 2 back screws easy, they just got snug and that's it.
that's cool
i installed the two inner-most fat screws easy and they snugged up.
that's cool
problem:::::
the other 2 fat screws went in the other two big holes used to access the receased holes towards the front of the skid and the other 2 machine screws went into the holes on the very ends towards the front of the skid.....
they never snug down. they just turn and turn it seems... wtf????
so, if anybody can go out, get under their front bumper, and try to tighten the two end screws that fasten the skid to the bumber to see if it turns, and keeps turning, i'd be much obliged.....
i do remember me using the phillips screw headed (referred to before as fat screw) screws on the two outer ends 1/2 way before i realized that the machine screws went there... but i can't see why the two other holes are not getting snug..... is this normal? if not, can i replace the nylon fittings if that's what they are on the skid??? i can't remember if all the screws screw into fitting pushed into holes on the skid or not, if so, be easy to just swap if i did in fact strip 4 holes out. i can't see my doing this though...
thanks..
as i remember:
4 thin machine screws that are long as crap:
2 went into the holes on the very back of the skid towards the back of the truck.
2 went in the two holes on the front of the skid, one on each side, outermoist two holes.......
4 fat screws:
they go in the skid in the front in 4 holes that are recessed and the bumber has 4 round cutouts so that you can stick a tool up there to remove/install them...
my problem is this.....
i installed the 2 back screws easy, they just got snug and that's it.
that's cool
i installed the two inner-most fat screws easy and they snugged up.
that's cool
problem:::::
the other 2 fat screws went in the other two big holes used to access the receased holes towards the front of the skid and the other 2 machine screws went into the holes on the very ends towards the front of the skid.....
they never snug down. they just turn and turn it seems... wtf????
so, if anybody can go out, get under their front bumper, and try to tighten the two end screws that fasten the skid to the bumber to see if it turns, and keeps turning, i'd be much obliged.....
i do remember me using the phillips screw headed (referred to before as fat screw) screws on the two outer ends 1/2 way before i realized that the machine screws went there... but i can't see why the two other holes are not getting snug..... is this normal? if not, can i replace the nylon fittings if that's what they are on the skid??? i can't remember if all the screws screw into fitting pushed into holes on the skid or not, if so, be easy to just swap if i did in fact strip 4 holes out. i can't see my doing this though...
thanks..