Alright everyone, the time to remove parts installed by PO has begun. I took off the side steps yesterday and the brackets were held on by two bolts welded to a piece of flat bar and are slid into the tub channel that is just under the doors. The rear was easy to get out as I just removed the rear fender liner. The fronts are giving me a bit of a problem though. They will not rotate through the hole on the bottom, nor will they make it through the drain hole inside the tub. I ran a piece of wire from the rear fender well, tied it to the piece and when pulling it toward the rear, it got hung up. I am pretty sure it is getting hung up by the mid tub body mount. I can't imaging that they would be designed to have to send this mounting bracket all the way from the rear but could be wrong on that.
Has anyone come across removing a bracket like this? I have done some searching and don't find this style of insert. I am trying to not just grind it off so I can provide it to whoever is the next owner of these steps. I don't have a pic but can take them later. My son said it is already looking better.
Has anyone come across removing a bracket like this? I have done some searching and don't find this style of insert. I am trying to not just grind it off so I can provide it to whoever is the next owner of these steps. I don't have a pic but can take them later. My son said it is already looking better.
