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- Andrew
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- Shoreline, WA
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- 24 Bronco
- Your Bronco Model
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The dealer gave me a few trinkets to compensate for my dissatisfaction with how they handled the sale. The kit was nicely packaged and seemed straightforward to install. (They offered to install it for me, but I, as a seasoned mechanic, chose to do it myself.) Everything was going well until I started tightening the Jack nuts. One began spinning without gripping correctly, and another did the same. I managed to seat two fully but wasn't satisfied with the overall result.
I removed them and used stainless steel nut-serts (aka Rivnut) instead. I highly recommend getting one if you don’t already have a Rivnut tool. I should have started with that initially and skipped the cheap steel versions they provided. The hole I drilled was the perfect size for an M8 bolt Rivnut, and I had 4 Torx-head aluminum cap bolts of the ideal length. You’ll need to slightly enlarge the holes in the table to allow some wiggle room for alignment, but it worked perfectly in the end.
I removed them and used stainless steel nut-serts (aka Rivnut) instead. I highly recommend getting one if you don’t already have a Rivnut tool. I should have started with that initially and skipped the cheap steel versions they provided. The hole I drilled was the perfect size for an M8 bolt Rivnut, and I had 4 Torx-head aluminum cap bolts of the ideal length. You’ll need to slightly enlarge the holes in the table to allow some wiggle room for alignment, but it worked perfectly in the end.
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