Ram 1500 Rivnut and side step installation

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In this video we look at installing factory side steps onto our Ram 1500 Classic truck. These bodies are the same from about 2009 to 2018/19ish, then they are called the classic after the latest restyle. We take a deep dive into the installation of the rivnuts /nutserts needed to mount the rails with the provided install tool included with the kit.
The hardware I’m told is no longer sold separately by the dealer if you give them the newer model years. They will tell you that they are only included if you by the steps as a package however the kit for the older years works just fine. The kit I used was Mopar part number 68193128AB.
I took your feedback from the last video and tried to do better on the sound quality. With that I filmed in the wrong aspect ratio so I had to edit it the best I could. A good lesson for the next video.

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@MoparHollics Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video very well explained I'm looking into buying myself some OEM steps second handed in great condition 👍

@rmgibbs1861 2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Mine 2014 1500 came with the hardware kit. Very helpful video!

@chrisbleeker2415 4 ай бұрын

well done, Thank you. I'm installing mine today, always nice to get an idea before!

@wethepeople7629 Жыл бұрын

Best video of how to install Side Steps 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@ericrose1744 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I’m glad it helped!

@user-ym1du1kq1q Жыл бұрын

outstanding video. everything you need to know. great camera work as well. thanks so much buddy

@ericrose1744 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

@user-ym1du1kq1q Жыл бұрын

@@ericrose1744 great job. really helped me alot. thanks

@denalidude Жыл бұрын

very well done. thanks so much... been dreading putting mine on my mega cab. P.s. Love the Michael Keaton reference. (220-221) whatever it takes.... Totally made me smile... told my wife I need to have coffee with this fella

@ericrose1744 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful. I’m down for some coffee if you bring the baby some chili.

@unclesam7660 Жыл бұрын

Thank you needed this for my ram ‘17 Ram 2500

@ericrose1744 Жыл бұрын

I’m happy you found it useful!

@markshoemaker65 4 ай бұрын

Great video thanks👍

@XxnosmanXx Жыл бұрын

Didn’t know about this hardware kit you can purchase from the dealership. That makes life a lot easier with the proper hardware made for our trucks. Thanks for posting this installation video.

@ericrose1744 Жыл бұрын

No problem! I’m glad I could help!

@derElektriker90 8 ай бұрын

@XxnosmanXx My thoughts exactly. You took the words right out of my mouth. Thank you! @ericrose1744

@srs4310 3 ай бұрын

Good video,thks. I bought the hardware kit.

@user-eo4nl8eg5e 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for this video 👍

@johnnemeth2252 9 ай бұрын

Thank You!

@SkylarMelo Жыл бұрын

My 2011 didn't have any of the rivnuts pre-installed, and my hardware kit from Dodge didn't include the rivnut tightener lol. Long story short, screwed up a bunch of the rivnuts and gave up on installing the step bars. Sold them off there after. If only this video existed last year 😂 but now that it does, I'll be reattempting it with a fresh set of step bars soon! Cheers

@ericrose1744 Жыл бұрын

Man sorry about that. I’ve had one of these every other year for work since 2014 and this is the first one that had the nuts preinstalled on the front. Hope this helps when you get a new set.

@SkylarMelo 11 ай бұрын

Just picked an identical set to yours in the video. Now my new problem is no pre-drilled pinch weld holes 😂. That's easily solved I guess, still need to acquire the rivnut tool and missing rivnuts (hoping to use my screwed up one still, as the pinch weld bolts should help hold them.

@saints9532 2 ай бұрын

On the rear passenger side the nuts and metal in between the nuts peeled off! Now it's rattling like crazy

@srs4310 3 ай бұрын

Do u think the two brackets per running board is good enough???? I bought a nice set of take offs and I've seen some have 3 brackets per running board.

@ericrose1744 3 ай бұрын

This set was also a set of factory take offs and it was only installed with two brackets. Two should be fine but three wouldn’t hurt. I ran them for several months without an issue.

@NickXinyiYao Жыл бұрын

Do you know the size of those rivet nuts? I bought M8 as suggested by the seller but they seem to be too small for the hole on the truck. Thank you!

@ericrose1744 Жыл бұрын

They are M8-1.25 thread pitch. Overall height measure 20mm, the hex is a 13mm wrench size, head diameter is ~21.5mm.

@NickXinyiYao Жыл бұрын

@@ericrose1744 Thank you for the details! Very helpful.

@gerardosantana3548 7 ай бұрын

Can you post the addrres to get the kit same on video comes with. The specet too?

@ericrose1744 7 ай бұрын

www.amazon.com/Genuine-Chrysler-68193128AB-Mounting-Hardware/dp/B00TNEEBA4/ref=asc_df_B00TNEEBA4/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=647229172985&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16251321279304742750&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1021222&hvtargid=pla-1949301003725&psc=1&mcid=6f39387c1f213d82a9be2e6b83aa7cdb

@mkuhlman77 11 ай бұрын

😆 I bought a set of boards and bought a tool to install but the tool doesn't have a 90 degree bend so they've been sitting in my barn for a year. I feel like an idiot seeing that I have the proper tools this whole time.

@ericrose1744 11 ай бұрын

Don’t beat yourself up bud. Now that you know get out there and get that project done 🤜🏻🤛🏻

@alanosborne1947 11 ай бұрын

If you can remove the support brackets from the rail and just install the brackets wouldn't it be easier to do it that way instead of doing the "belly balance" method? I have an 07 Mega Cab and you can remove the rail from the brackets just sayin! Work smarter not harder....😉😉

@ericrose1744 11 ай бұрын

I suppose if you had a new kit that would be easy. In this case they were take offs from a newer truck. I didn’t want to separate all the pieces and align them all. With my luck it would have made this project twice as long for me.

@derElektriker90 8 ай бұрын

@alanosborne1947 That’s what I did but only to pressure wash all the parts. I plan to reassemble it all the way you described but was thinking I would have to do some welding until I came across this video.