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Originally Posted by fkheath
The holes for the skid plate are notorious for getting fouled up when a mechanic doesn't start the bolt by hand, especially the TRD Pro skid plate. It could also be that your skid plate is bent or warped which would put a hole out of alignment. The chassis holes are pretty accurate on location, but the holes do get dirty and need to be cleaned.
Many people replace the bolts with studs and nuts/washers; so much easier to line up the skip plate when installing it. There is a thread here that talks about it.
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My Skid Plate is only 8months old and hasn't been bumped by anything.
Like I said, I'm not completely familiar with everything under the truck, but the hole I believe is for the Skid is in pristine shape. I easily threaded by hand a bolt till it bottomed out. The question still remains, did I pick the wrong hole? Guess I'll figure that out the next oil change.
Wish I had crawled underneath to look around before the first oil change, and inspected afterwords. Then I'd know who left that one out or if it was ever installed at the factory.