T-Case Skid Plate

[XJWheelie]

I took the t-case skid plate off of my 2001 XJ since it is never used off-road and I'm installing it on my 1994 XJ. Everything lines up except there is one problem; the 2001 has nuts that appear to be pressed into the frame rails and the 1994 has holes that appear to be able to accept this kind of nut, but I have no idea where to get them. Are they something that I can order from Jeep or are they one of those factory things that I cannot install myself? If that's the case does anyone have any suggestions so that I can make it work?

I'm going to go to a more substantial t-case skid plate later, but for now I thought that this was certainly better than nothing.

Thanks,
Robert

[Georgia Mike]

If you can't find the nutserts,if they're even available,just drill out the bolt holes on the skid to accept self-tapping bolt that are the right size to tap the existing holes in the frame rail.

[Kejtar]

btw, if you're putting in new bolts from the get go, you might want to find some "mushroom headed" hex bolts.... what i mean is some nicely curved bolts that will not get too damaged when you hit one... I had to take a file to one of the OEM ones when I was taking my skid off as no socket would fit it due to deformation (that's I think after only ONE really bad encounter with a rock)..

Kejtar

[Eagle]

The dealer can sell you those nutserts, but they cost like $5 each. I bought one, then took it to a local specialty fastener company called The Nutty Company and bought a few more to match for about $1 each.

[XJWheelie]

Do you happen to have the part numbers for the nutserts? The parts department in the dealership here is not the most competitent

Thanks,
Robert

[Lucas]

will the self tapping bolt idea not work?

[XJ_MAC]

They take a special tool to put in, byt the way. So I would consider the self tapping bolts also.

[tlman]

You could always just swap the cross members too and not have to worry about finding the hardware.