Just standard M8 rivnuts. Four each side. Like these Steel Nutserts Serrated M4 M5 M6 M8 Rivnut Rivet nuts | eBay
Get those in properly and your steps are going nowhere.
67Rob
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I'm in the process of fitting side steps to mine and the rivnuts supplied are 10mm.
They fit nicely into the pre-drilled holes in the chassis but getting them to 'crush' up properly is virtually impossible as the hole, particularly the top hole, is close to the rear side of the sill.
To stop them pulling out I first smeared them with liquid metal, EVO-STIK Serious Stuff Liquid Metal/Wood/Glass/Car Ultimate Grab Adhesive 290ml | eBay inserted them and crushed them up as tight as I could (using the method given in the instruction leaflet).
I then bonded a thin 10mm nut on top of it, making sure the liquid metal gave a good surrounding of each nut. (I kept the bolt in place for this to ensure the nut stayed in line).
Hopefully this will ensure the rivnuts don't pull out as, previously mentioned, every time I tried to get the rivnuts tight enough they never crushed up inside the chassis properly.
They fit nicely into the pre-drilled holes in the chassis but getting them to 'crush' up properly is virtually impossible as the hole, particularly the top hole, is close to the rear side of the sill.
To stop them pulling out I first smeared them with liquid metal, EVO-STIK Serious Stuff Liquid Metal/Wood/Glass/Car Ultimate Grab Adhesive 290ml | eBay inserted them and crushed them up as tight as I could (using the method given in the instruction leaflet).
I then bonded a thin 10mm nut on top of it, making sure the liquid metal gave a good surrounding of each nut. (I kept the bolt in place for this to ensure the nut stayed in line).
Hopefully this will ensure the rivnuts don't pull out as, previously mentioned, every time I tried to get the rivnuts tight enough they never crushed up inside the chassis properly.
Land rover kits used M8 bolts for brackets to chassis. But are no longer available. Other after market kits maybe different.
67Rob
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Ah, ok. Still, they're not the easiest things to get tightened properly.
All you need is a bolt a nut a washer and two spanners it's not rocket science.
67Rob
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Agreed. But every time I tried on mine the rivnut just crushed up in the chassis hole, not behind it.
Either the holes to big or the rivnut to small. Simples. Rivnut should be a snug fit in the hole.
67Rob
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Yep, the kit came with 3 different collar sizes of which one was too loose and one wouldn't go in at all.
The one I used was loosish but the liquid metal thing seems to have done the trick.
You should have turned the large ones down to be a snug fit.
