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Running Board Mount - Factory

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dieselscout80

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The farthest rear mount on the passenger side running board has loosened. It looks like the hexagon hole is striped/rounded, but there is a second hexagon hole.

Can I just unscrew it and move it to the second hex hole and then retighten it?
 

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dieselscout80 said:
The farthest rear mount on the passenger side running board has loosened. It looks like the hexagon hole is striped/rounded, but there is a second hexagon hole.

Can I just unscrew it and move it to the second hex hole and then retighten it?
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If the second hole has a nut insert, yes. One would have thought that the factory would have put in two bolts.
 
I agree. That looks half ass. I’m gonna check mine now!

Yes the second hole needs the nut sert for your bolt to thread into.


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whitexc said:
I agree. That looks half ass. I’m gonna check mine now!

Yes the second hole needs the nut sert for your bolt to thread into.


Sent from me
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Sort of stupid for the factory to only put in one bolt when people stand on the darn thing. I guess because Chrysler can save 5 cents per vehicle. Is the front bracket installed the same way? I wonder it is possible to install a second nut insert without special tooling. I would want two bolts in each bracket for safety reasons.
 
CdnHO said:
Sort of stupid for the factory to only put in one bolt when people stand on the darn thing. I guess because Chrysler can save 5 cents per vehicle. Is the front bracket installed the same way? I wonder it is possible to install a second nut insert without special tooling. I would want two bolts in each bracket for safety reasons.
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You can install nutserts with a bolt washer and nut. Thats how I used to do it before started using then more then I bought the tool
 
You can see that the nutsert wasn’t crushed properly/all the way allowing it to pull out. You should have 2 bolt and nutserts per bracket.

When I installed a set of used OEM running boards on my 2023 2500 I picked up a hardware kit off Amazon. You can purchase through the dealer but it’s gonna be around $100:

Side step hardware
 
I just checked my 2021 3500 and each bracket has TWO bolts in it. That hardware kit referenced above is a good price.
 
CdnHO said:
I just checked my 2021 3500 and each bracket has TWO bolts in it. That hardware kit referenced above is a good price.
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Interesting I just checked my 2020 2500 and has two holes at each mounting point bracket (in body & bracket), but only one BOLT per mounting bracket.
 
4FishLimit said:
You can see that the nutsert wasn’t crushed properly/all the way allowing it to pull out. You should have 2 bolt and nutserts per bracket.

When I installed a set of used OEM running boards on my 2023 2500 I picked up a hardware kit off Amazon. You can purchase through the dealer but it’s gonna be around $100:

Side step hardware
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Do the running boards have to be taken off to install the nutserts????
 
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dieselscout80 said:
Interesting I just checked my 2020 2500 and has two holes at each mounting point bracket (in body & bracket), but only one BOLT per mounting bracket.
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The installer was lazy or they had one kit for both running boards instead of the 2 kits.
 
I have a 2021 3500 with the full length factory running boards that have 3 mounting brackets. While under the truck I noticed they only installed 1 main bolt on each bracket. No issues to date, and they were tight. However, I wish they would have installed bolts in both mounting holes .
 

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Blackpowder said:
I have a 2021 3500 with the full length factory running boards that have 3 mounting brackets. While under the truck I noticed they only installed 1 main bolt on each bracket. No issues to date, and they were tight. However, I wish they would have installed bolts in both mounting holes .
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I'm glad I do my own maintenance, mods and accessory work..
 
Blackpowder said:
I have a 2021 3500 with the full length factory running boards that have 3 mounting brackets. While under the truck I noticed they only installed 1 main bolt on each bracket. No issues to date, and they were tight. However, I wish they would have installed bolts in both mounting holes .
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I've been under mine a couple of times this week, and I sure didn't pay attention to the step bolts. Now I have to go back under. At 68 years old, it's not fun crawling around underneath things anymore.
 
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