Question about Mobtown Bolt on slider install

Send me a pic

 

I fought the same thing and you and I are/were trying to do it incorrectly.

The first bolt/square washer simply sits inside the hole that you are sticking it into the cross member through (bottom circle in the pic below Step 7).

The fact that you pull the sticker off in the same step had me thinking that I needed to fish that damn thing clear up over the top and through that hole (I ALMOST succeeded a couple of times). Not the case. Put it in that square hole (completely, as the bolt cant stick out when putting the slider in place, lift the slider up, install the bolt in Step 8, then fish the bolt from it's spot up in the cross member down through the hole in the slider in Step 9.

Not hard once you see where it goes. The picture below is the bolt you are talking about and this shows where it's going to end up IN THE CROSSMEMBER.

 

Yes! I knew I had to be doing something wrong. I was trying to get it to poke out of the hole that you remove the sticker from!

@Mobtown Offroad , I can get a pic, but I think the pic that @seadog99 posted shows where I was going wrong. I will give it a try this afternoon, but I think I can get it now!

 

The funny thing is that, after fighting this for who knows how long, the long handled washers/bolts went in in seconds. IIRC, these will be the bolts that you pulled the stickers off for. Good luck with the rest of the install!

 

Also, the big bolts go in the clamps for the rear as clearly stated in the instructions. I was tired and pissed and assembled them with the smaller bolts. When you do that the clamp doesn't hold the bolt head and also makes it nearly impossible to get a wrench on the bolt head while you're trying to hold it and tighten the nut. When used properly (Large bolts) you only have to tighten the nut for the clamps, not hold the bolt head.

The absolute worst part for me was the formed C-clamp bolts. after getting the top two started squeezing the clamp/frame enought to get the bottom ones in was a giant pain in the ass. I used the two biggest c-clamps i had laying around and bent the handles on them both getting enough force on to line the holes up. FYI

 

Well, I have to report that I haven't made it much further. After correcting my mistake and putting the bolt with the rectangular welded washer in the correct place, that went smoothly... 2 minutes later, that part was done.

Now, on to the next problem area(s).

What do I do with this stock bracket that is now just hanging there and doesn't seem to go anywhere anymore?

Next, the bolts shown on the left and right side of this pic just can't be right. They are attaching the 'box' in step 12, but they line up with the slotted openings in the sliders which definitely doesn't look right.

Where did I go wrong on these two issues?

Thanks for any advice.

Shannon

 

The two nuts in the slots were supposed to be reinstalled before tightening up the slider IIRC (Step 12). I cant remember what i did with the bracket in the top pic but I believe I installed it with one bolt?

 

I haven't tightened it up yet, so I can easily put them between the slider and the frame, but... that doesn't seem right either. I don't think the slider will sit completely flush with the frame if I do that.

 

Mine didn't cause any issue. With them tight (the slider doesn't sit completely against the frame there anyway) there's clearance.

 

Ok, good to know. Will proceed with that then.

Hoping someone can chime in with what is to be done with the other bracket in my pic. I guess it is possible it is just supposed to be removed entirely, but not sure.

 

That bracket should go back in the same hole it came out of one you have the slider flange tightened up.

 

Ok, great, thank you very much. I wasn't sure it'd quite reach, but maybe after everything is snugged down it won't be an issue.

All the responses/help is greatly appreciated!

 

Ok, on step #14, anyone know how many bolts with square washers are needed for this step?

So far, I've got two in place.

Does one go here (see pic) and if so, how??

 

I could only get two per side myself on a 2017 TRD OR. Someone seemingly associated with MobTown said at least 3 and asked for pics of our installations where there were only two which I posted above but never got a response. Even with only two these things are strong as hell.

 

i cheated lol
i had mobtown install mine i can vouch took maybe an hour for him to install them
and i got to look at other products and they tried the attachment for the high lift jack before
they offered them as limited time package deal with highlift jack purchase

 

No. They should go along the side along/near the Mobtown logo cut out. Full disclosure I have a 2nd gen so YMMV.

 

I seem to have been provided enough to do 3, but the only other place that I can figure it would go is where I show in the pic and I can't figure out how to make that work

 

They send the same hardware package regardless of model was my understanding. You should be good unless you hear otherwise from MobTown I would think?

 

The square washer with the long handle goes there. You may have extra hardware when finished. We send the same kit with all sliders. Some trucks have more available holes than others. Just put a bolt in every hole.