Skid plate bolts

What are the skid plate bolts threads????

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I need to drill out and replace my skid plate bolts with stainless. I'm holding on with 2 bolts and the front bracket hooks.

Eventually I'll go to aluminum plate but the bolts will be the same.

 

Don't have your answer but did buy a new set off ebay a while back.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Toyota-Tundra-Factory-Metal-Skid-Plate-Bolts-2007-2020-/361998363602

 

Worst case scenario I do that. But I'd like to go stainless.

 

If your drilling out and re-taping you can make them any size you want.

 

Check out this thread: Note, the factory bolts have a few features you may not find in stainless:
- Bolt has a pilot tip to assist in lining up the recessed skid plate bracket with the threaded hole and helps minimize cross-threading. You are typically doing this by feel, not by sight.
- Flanged head to keep bolt from falling into socket too far, allowing you to use a 6 point deep socket.
- Thick flat washer that is captured in the bolt


Greg

 

That's good info Greg, thanks. 1.25 thread pitch means they are likely m6x1.25x20 (maybe 30)mm.

I might be able to source some stainless flange bolts. Worst case, put snap capture washers on the stainless.

 

More like M8. M6 doesn't come in 1.25 pitch.

My oil change cheat sheet calls for a 12mm socket to remove the bolt, as does the link I provided earlier in the thread. Looking online, a 12mm wrench is used for a JIS standard M8 bolt. No non-JIS standard metric bolts use a 12mm socket (M6 uses 10mm, M8 uses 13mm)

Found this thread, which confirms: As far as length, not all of the length is threaded for attachment, some is used for the pilot tip. The skid plate bracket is fairly thin.


Greg

 

My mistake. I don't use a lot of metric threads.