Using a 16mm or, 5/8″ wrench, remove the 2 nuts securing your automatic transmission to the mount on the cross member. Set both the bolts and skidplate aside as both will get reused.ģ. Again, using an 18mm socket, remove the 4 bolts securing your transfer case skidplate to your JK’s cross member, gastank skidplate and frame rail. Set the bolts aside for reuse but, you can discard the skid bar now as it will not be reused.Ģ. Using an 18mm socket, remove the 3 bolts securing the automatic transmission skid bar to the frame and cross member of your JK. If you had drained your oil before starting this install, you can now refill your engine with fresh oil.ġ. Just be mindful of how tight you are tightening them and be sure to double check them after about 100 miles.ĩ. The 2 nuts and corner bolts will be very difficult to get to with a socket and so I just used a 10mm wrench to tighten them up. Remember to do this slowly and working your way around a few times.Ĩ. and carefully begin tightening all the bolts working in a criss-cross star patern. With all the bolts making surface contact with the EVO MFG oil pan skidplate, use a 1/4″ drive inch pound torque wrench set to 85 in. DO NOT fully tighten any of the bolts at this time.ħ. Using a 1/4″ drive 10mm socket attached to a ratchet extension, carefully fasten all the bolts until they are just starting to touch the surface of the EVO MFG skidplate.
NOTE: These steel bolts are being threaded into aluminum and you can easily damage the threads if you aren’t careful.Ħ.
#Synergy manufacturing oil pan skid plate full#
Using your fingers ONLY, loosely thread in all the factory oil pan bolts so that they are in at least 3 full turns. Apply some masking tape to the remaining 2 corners of the skidplate as shown as this will help prevent accidentally dropping the bolts into the skid during installation.ĥ. Carefully hold the EVO MFG oil pan skidplate up over the factory oil pan and loosely secure it in place using the 2 factory nuts you removed in Step 2.Ĥ. DO NOT remove the pan from the engine and, if you chose to leave your oil inside like I did, be careful not to bump into or hit the pan as doing so can cause the RTV seal to break free.ģ. Having said that, use a 10mm socket attached to a ratchet extension and carefully remove the 2 nuts and all the bolts securing the factory oil pan to the engine. I chose to leave the oil in place, but made sure that it was completely cool prior to working on it. For safety reasons, EVO MFG recommends that you completely drain your oil prior to installing their oil pan skidplate. To do this, I used a floor jack to raise the front end of our JK at the axle and then, set it back down on 2 jack stands as shown in the pic.Ģ. At the time of this install, our JK was still bone stock and working underneath it would have been difficult without getting it up off the ground a bit. Time to armor up – Here’s a shot of all the pieces you will get with your new EVO MFG ProTek Skidplate System.ġ. In this shot, you can see how exposed your oil pan, automatic transmission and even a cooler line is right from the factory.
0 kommentar(er)
