Loose Nuts on Pull-Out Step
Michigan_Mike
Member Posts: 2,858
Check the nuts on your pull-out step as I lost one during my recent drive out to SW New Mexico. This is a metric nut and bolt combination with a fiberglass bushing that fits over the bolt. They did not have any nuts inside the bags that you buy at Home Depot so I had to take a loose nut up to the cashier and had taken a photo of the bin item. I also used some blue Loctite on the threads and also squirted some on the other adjacent bolt threads on the step. I also purchased some stainless round washers and some stainless locknuts as these bolts are stainless steel. In the future I will probably install some stainless fiberglass locknuts on all of the step bolts and this should remedy the problem entirely. I’m attaching a photo of the nut size for future reference and also a photo I pirated from another thread here on the forum just for reference purposes.




Mike - Elmira, Mi / 2019 T@B 400 / 2021 Chevy Silverado LTZ
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Mike - Elmira, Mi / 2019 T@B 400 / 2021 Chevy Silverado LTZ
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@Michigan_Mike thanks for the heads up. :-)2019 T@B 400 BDL 2017 F150 3.5L Ecoboost
Jeff & AmyNow in Manistee, MI -
We lost two of them last summer. We replaced all of them with nylon locking nuts so we don’t have to deal with it again.2021 T@B 400 BD
2025 Toyota Tundra / Nashville, TN -
Saw other posts on loose nuts and checked my 2021 T@B 320S BD... loose. Replaced all with stainless bolts and lock nuts.
They should be doing this at the factory. You cant use just a nut and lock washer to attach moving pieces together and expect them not to loosen. Someone will get hurt when the step gives.2021 T@B 320 S Boondock
2025 KZ Sportsmen 130RD
2025 Ford Ranger
The Finger Lakes of New York -
Is this the most likely cause of a soft mushy feeling on one side of the step?2013 MAXX T@B towed by a 2015 Volvo S60 5 CYL AWD Sedan
Seattle, WA -> Palm Springs, CA -
Most likely. Easy to get underneath and check.

2021 T@B 320 S Boondock
2025 KZ Sportsmen 130RD
2025 Ford Ranger
The Finger Lakes of New York
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