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Originally Posted by CollinJ
So I am new here and new to the 4Runner. I just got mine last week and just put my skid on last week. If I’m reading correctly the main reason for doing this is cleaning the gunk out that’s further up in the threads rather than actually cutting new threads?
My bolts went in and got snug but not crazy then I used my torque wrench to 22lb/ft as instructed.
The skid comes off this weekend already and I’m considering doing this and just wanted to confirm if it’s actually cutting new threads? I can easily clean the threads with a wire brush too?
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I would assume that when the weld-nuts were installed in the body shop in Tahara, there was insufficient electrical insulation on the locating pin. This would cause an arcing which would damage the thread. This is all speculation, but even with a clean thread I was still damaging the bolts.
Since I ran the threads with a tap and switched to some higher quality bolts, I have no issues (even without anti-seize.)
