Bolts used to attach underbelly

[Oregon_Camper]

Going to be helping a buddy wires some reverse lights to the back of his Bighorn, which will require removing the bolts that hold up the underbelly.

Now, I broke a few of mine when doing this on my Bighorn, even though I used an impact wrench. I am guessing a few of his will also break off too.

Anyone know where to get some replacements? Amazon link? Guessing these are self tapping?

 

[jnbhobe]

Go to the hardware store and get some Tec screws self drill self tap.

 

[Dahillbilly]

you may wanna get a few fender washers also to go with those Tek screws

 

[Oregon_Camper]

Go to the hardware store and get some Tec screws self drill self tap.

3/4" is probably plenty long enough...right?

 

[Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn]

Ya 1/4 X 3/4 or 1"

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[Oregon_Camper]

Thanks everyone!!! Love my Heartland community!

 

[NYSUPstater]

Buddy of mine just had recent welding shop do some work on his crossmembers for his fresh water tank on a Raptor. No welding was done on frame itself. He said tho when he removed the Coraplast that some of the screws were 2" and others not. Went onto say it was a PITA to remove and roll it up out of the shops way. IMO, who one rather would you use 2" screws in the 1st place????

 

[Flick]

Buddy of mine just had recent welding shop do some work on his crossmembers for his fresh water tank on a Raptor. No welding was done on frame itself. He said tho when he removed the Coraplast that some of the screws were 2" and others not. Went onto say it was a PITA to remove and roll it up out of the shops way. IMO, who one rather would you use 2" screws in the 1st place????

If I was to replace screws holding up my coroplast, I would use a #8 or #10 x 1” long self drilling metal screw with the fender washer that was suggested. One inch is a little easier to work with than the 3/4 and I certainly wouldn’t use a 2” screw. Also, I would be very careful to verify that if a screw is placed in a new location, that there is nothing above it like wiring or piping.

 

[wdk450]

I have found that many of these self-drilling, self tapping, screws go into the hard, thick, metal I beams. The self-drilling screws I had were not up to this challenge, and pilot holes had to be drilled first.

 

[Short-Bed-Dually]

Going to be helping a buddy wires some reverse lights to the back of his Bighorn, which will require removing the bolts that hold up the underbelly.

Now, I broke a few of mine when doing this on my Bighorn, even though I used an impact wrench. I am guessing a few of his will also break off too.

Anyone know where to get some replacements? Amazon link? Guessing these are self tapping?

Do you have a picture of your reverse lights installed?

 

[Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn]

Do you have a picture of your reverse lights installed?

Here is what I did. They work great.


https://heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/54076-Project-LM-365?p=530862&viewfull=1#post530862

This picture is after I swapped out the black ones with white.

 

[Oregon_Camper]

Do you have a picture of your reverse lights installed?

I can do better than a picture....here is the video on the entire process.

https://youtu.be/17jwWCK3iMg


Round one of the project, I installed 2 lights on the rear. Phase 2 I added 2 more on the sides. I have a remote in the truck and one in the RV to wirelessly turn them on/off