Is a gas tank skid plate necessary?
It sounds like the type of wheeling you do a metal gas tank skid isn’t necessary. The factory plastic skid if it came with your truck is fine for most uses.
What does a fuel tank skid plate do?
What Do Skid Plates Do? Skid plates are an easy and simple way to reinforce the critical parts of your Wrangler’s undercarriage. Important parts like the transfer box, fuel tank, and the differentials can all be broken by an errant rock.
What size are Jeep TJ skid plate bolts?
It was 1/2×13 Grade 5 through 2002. Starting in 2003 they switched to a metric, M12x1. 25 Grade 8.8 or 10.9. -When you have a choice, buy American.
Do I need a skid plate on my Jeep?
If you are going to take your JK off-road, the short answer is YES! Every Jeep Wrangler JK needs additional skid plates if it is taken off-road. While the Jeep Wrangler JK is factory-equipped with a couple of skid plates, there are several important components that are not protected at all.
How do you remove the gas tank from the skid plate?
Sand and grit will get between the gas tank and skid plate and eventually rub a hole into the gas tank. Anyway, the best I can remember is that the skid plate does hold the gas tank in place. It is very easy to remove the skidplate and gas tank and can be done with one person and a floor jack.
How do you remove the fuel tank?
Like said above the less fuel the better. Take the filler and vent hose loose, take off the 4 back bolts, drop down enough to do what you need or if complete removal is necessary, you ave 3 hoses up top and then 3 bolts up front. lower tank and skid out of the way. Hardest part I had was the front bolts.
Where are the straps on the fuel tank?
On the rear of the tank, there are two nuts/bolts which are the ends of the straps. Those do not have to be removed. Excluding those, there are three on the front and three or four on the back. Make sure you disconnect your battery and have a floor jack ready to take the weight of the tank as you loosen.
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