A Must Modification for Off-Roaders
The folks at ExtremeTerrain sent me a pair of rock sliders -- the Barricade Rock Sliders -- to review.
Step 1
Step 2
I don't think this actually made a difference for my Jeep. It's pretty new and there wasn't really a whole lot of rust. Actually there wasn't any rust but a lot of dirt and mud. I think this was a trick by everyone. The WD 40 created a muddy greasy mess. Or maybe WD 40 isn't really to help loosen things up but to make things messy just so it looks like you were working hard.
Step 3
I looked around the garage for something to hold up the heavy steel sliders while I attached them to the Jeep. At the time I didn't have jack stands. These would make for a great investment.
Jack Stands 👉 Buy Here
It was quite hard since our garage is mostly made up of soccer balls and bikes. This is were the resourcefulness of a mom comes in handy.
I grabbed the rolled up garden hose I bought a couple of weeks ago and an old paint bucket. I lined up the sliders to the body mounts on the Jeep and started the attachment process.
Step 4
The body mount washers to drop into the round hole of the attachment point of the slider rail. UGH!! It was millimeters off. It was suggested I use a hammer. BAM! BAM!
It was more of a gentle tap and they were in.
Step 5
I was able to get the first bolt into place, and it started to tighten. Yeah Me! It was working. Then came the next bolts.
I slide my legs under the slider, and held it up with all my might and started turning the ratchet again. But then... the spinning and spinning and spinning started to happen again. Thank goodness the kids were still at school because you would have thought a pirate was working in our garage.
I double checked I had my rights and lefts correct, but it still was spinning and spinning. I headed into the house to get help . I was informed these kind of bolts in the body mount need weight pulling them down to be able to tighten.
Jeep Momma is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn commissions by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. When you click on and/or make a purchase through a link to an Amazon Affiliate link placed on this website, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.
ExtremeTerrain provided the rock sliders for review. No additional compensation received. All opinions are my own.
No comments:
Post a Comment