SOS Concepts Bolt on Slider Installation Problems

Evening,
I just received the SOS Concepts bolt on sliders for my 2013, single cab, 4x4. Six holes on the mounting plates of the sliders look like they line up with 6 holes on the frame however, the front two holes (nearest to the front end) on the truck frame do not go all the way through the frame. I've contacted Eddy who makes them and he wants a picture showing the problem but, do to work haven't had time yet to respond. I sure wasn't wanting to do any drilling into the frame which was the reason for going with these sliders. Anyone else had this problem? Really considering welding them on instead.

 

Never seen the frame of a regular cab but the 2 front holes do not go all the way through my DC either (the boxed part of the frame). You have to stick your arm up through there with the wrench

 

This.

You gotta reach way up in there. Easiest to put the bolt through the inside of the frame and put the nut on the outside of the slider plate.

 

Thanks very much to you both for the advice. I'll be getting under there tomorrow to see what you are talking about.

 

I found it easiest to lay with my head towards the front of the truck and reach up into the frame. Be careful when moving the brake line bracket. Those sliders are legit BTW!

 

Thankyou for the info. I took a look at it yesterday, and believe it's doable getting those bolts in those very front holes on the frame (both sides) however, don't have a clue as to how to keep the bolt from falling back down into the "cavity" when I go to mount the slider. Seems you would need pretty long arms to hold a wrench on the bolts head against the frame while getting the slider onto it (??). Or, will supporting the slider against the frame with holes aligned allow me to keep from losing the bolts since there would be no lifting and holding the slider in place. All I have is the truck's factory jack.

 

I wouldn't be doing any install with a factory jack.

Maybe you should see if a local is willing to help, if nothing else, maybe a pair of cheap jack stands will give you more effective aid.

 

Some vendors will weld a piece of flat bar to the head of the bolt to facilitate getting it into the boxed section and holding it in place. You might try doing the same. Epoxy *might* work.

 

However you get the slider into position, the middle bolts will at least take the weight for the time it takes to finish the rest of the bolts. I was able to put a crescent wrench on the nut inside the frame and use the frame itself to hold it while I used a ratchet from the outside.

 

Thanks for the tip James. By the way, How did you remount that little plastic brake lines separator when it has to be removed along with that little metal bracket that screws into the frame before placing the sliders mounting plate up against the frame?

 

Please keep in mind, I'm talking about on the driver's side.

 

I wasn't able to remount mine (different sliders, same problem). I ended up relocating the lines slightly up and gluing the bracket to the frame. You also want to watch out for clearance issues between the lines and the slider bolts. I taped the bolts and the lines in case to protect the line if they began to rub.

 

Like i said earlier.

On the driver side, put the bolts out through the frame, nuts on the outsize of the slider plate. This will help with clearances of the brake lines and getting things tightened easier as its much easier to hold onto a bolt up in the frame then spin a nut on.

 

I think I was able to relocate the plastic bracket to a different spot, there's also a good chance I broke it too. I'll try to snap a picture tonight or tomorrow. As for the bolts, I went from the inside on a few just like nd4spdbh suggested. I also put some fuel line over the brake lines where it contacts the bolt head. Almost two years with no issues yet.

 

Man, you're right about that jack. Won't be using that flimsy looking tool this weekend. At any rate, think I'm ready to tackle putting the sliders on this weekend thanks to all the help you guys offered. For me, I'll mostly likely make it harder than it should be but, at least I've got some good instruction to go on. Thanks again.

 

@DrFunker

 

Check out some of the ideas in the SOS forum.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/forums/sos-offroad-concepts.162/
May help.
There are some solutions to the brake lines there too.

 

Well, I spent a good while this past Sunday, on the driver's side alone trying to bolt these sliders on. Got the 4 hardest ones first then came across a glaring problem. One of the holes in the slider plate is so close to the weld on one of the support columns, there is no way of even placing a nut on a bolt without hitting the column much less one of the supplied washers(???). The passenger side slider looks to have the same problem although I haven't lined it up yet to see. I'm currently waiting on a response from Eddy, as to what I should do. It makes me wonder if anybody is putting these bolt on sliders on a single cab truck. Maybe Eddy is more experienced at manufacturing these for double or access cab trucks?

 

I had a few holes that were close to the supports that might of had to bend up the lip of a washer but nothing to the point where i couldnt bolt everything down.