BobK
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- First Name
- Bob
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- May 24, 2018
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- Parker, TX
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- 2018 JL Rubicon Unlimited
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So today, my OCD got the best of me and I fully replaced the half-a**ed torx bolts that Mopar supplies with the reinforced hinge kit. No one should try and torque down to 35 pounds on a torx head bolt. I had one round off (see above) then I bought an allen head one and nearly did the same thing prior to getting to full torque setting.
I noticed that the replacement bolt had started to show some rust around the rounded off head and I had to use an easy-out extractor to get the frigging thing out.....what a treat that was, but it came out.
I ended up finding boltdepot.com that allowed me to buy the correct size bolt in a hex head. The only down side was that I had to spray paint them since they were not black oxide and they were unable to find any black oxide bolts with the specs we need.
Here is my order:
Here is the paint job:
Here is the finished product:
I noticed that the replacement bolt had started to show some rust around the rounded off head and I had to use an easy-out extractor to get the frigging thing out.....what a treat that was, but it came out.
I ended up finding boltdepot.com that allowed me to buy the correct size bolt in a hex head. The only down side was that I had to spray paint them since they were not black oxide and they were unable to find any black oxide bolts with the specs we need.
Here is my order:
Here is the paint job:
Here is the finished product:
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