I've got my suspension and transfer case skids ready to go. What do I need to know when installing them myself?

Line up holes, incert bolts and tighten! Yeah, it's that hard.

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Slightly modified Lt. Khaki 3.7 2004 LTD 4X4. Purchased new 8/6/03.
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Imagine that....something it sounds like I can do

Do I need the torque wrench as specified?

True for the suspension skid, but the transfer case skid is a 'bit' more involved, nothing serious though. You get what they call 'nutzerts' with the TC skid that you have to put into the frame rail and cross member holes before you can bolt the TC skid in place. You get a little tool that you thread into the nutzert, then you put the nutzert in the hole and crank on the tool. This mushrooms the nutzert out on the otherside of the hole, pinching it in place. You then remove the tool and are able to screw in the bolts. Be careful though, I rounded off one of the holes on the frame rail and currently only have 3 bolts holding on my TC skid because of it.

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Adam,
2005 Liberty Renegade
Locked & Lifted! Rusty's Coil & Powertrax NoSlip, 245/75/16 Bridgestone Dueler MTs,
CB w/ 4' Firestick mounted on Tire Carrier,
Full MOPAR Skids, RRO Diff guard, 'AllJ Boulder Bars, Rhino-lining applied to sides.
On-board Air (Superflow MV-50)

Wow, I was wondering what that little thing was. I simply put the little nutzert up into the hole, hand screwed the bolt in and then held up the transfer case and used the torque wrench to tighten it up there. It worked, though. Now I'm scared it's gonna fall out.

does D/C sell just the "M" bolts? This is more like a tow hook question I know...

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Andrew Bennett

Yeah when I put my tranny skid on I learned the hard way that the "nutzerts" suck. I stripped out one and it fell out. Now I'm afraid mine is going to fall off too. If the OEM nutzerts do come out ever again, I'm going to go ahead and drill the hole all the way through and use bolts with nuts and lock washers like Jeep should have done in the first place. Problem solved.

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2005 Stone White KJ Limited CRD 4x4
Off-Road Pkg
Trac-Lok
Emu 790s/948s
Skyjacker H7088s rear/Bilsteins front
15x7 Black Rock Lobos/31x10.50 Firestones
GDE HOT Tune + TCM Tune
Euro TC
CB radio
Thrush Turbo muffler
AEM DryFlow filter

That's what you have to do with the All J skid, drill the nutzert out and bolt it in.

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2004 Renegade Light Khaki - 4" JBA Lift - Rock Lizard Products: Komodo Dragon Rear Bumper, Prototype Winch-mount Front Bumper, Super Skink Sliders - All J's Super Tranny Skid II - 31" Firestone Destination AT's on Moab wheels - Cobra 75W CB w/ stock Antenna mod

[b]Retired, US Military

that's how mine was installed via skid row instructions.

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Adam
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2003 Renegade.

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