Transmission & transfer case skids compatible with TRD skid plate?

[kingosat]

I have a TRD Pro and bought transmission plate PT228-35247. If I want to install this plate, the instructions tell me I have to lose my OEM front plate and install the TrailHunter front plate (PT228-35240) instead. So I can’t mix the Trailhunter trans plate with the Pro’s aluminum front skid. The question to be answered would be: Is the TRD front skid you refer to any different from the TRD front skid on a TRD Pro? (I don’t know.)

Just installed the transfer case skid plate (PT228-35247) and rear diff skid plate (PT228-89253) this weekend on my Pro and had no issues by myself and using drive up ramps. Just remove the four bolts from the Pro's aluminum skidplate and loosening the two that are in the "keyholes" and it lowers off. It's not terribly heavy.

I used some rubber fuel hose that I slit to go over the brake lines in the back, but it pretty tight going getting the brackets in place.

I'd say it was a 1.5-2 hour job and that's from an old guy with a shoulder recovering from rotator cuff and labrum surgery.

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[ScoMay]

Just installed the transfer case skid plate (PT228-35247) and rear diff skid plate (PT228-89253) this weekend on my Pro and had no issues by myself…

I used some rubber fuel hose that I slit to go over the brake lines in the back, but it pretty tight going getting the brackets in place.

I'd say it was a 1.5-2 hour job and that's from an old guy with a shoulder recovering from rotator cuff and labrum surgery.

Thanks for your comments. My thought of there being some difference in the working area between an ORP and a Pro is rendered null as you also have a Pro. So thank you for eliminating that as an issue.

Cushioning the brake line with rubber hose material is a great idea. I guess I am just unsure of how bendable those brake lines are. Flexing them would provide more room to fit the brackets over the axle housing. But to me the biggest obstacle is the bar that sits in FRONT of the axle. It is unforgiving.

Any tip for me as to how you managed that? Get around that bar first, then the brake line? Or the other way around?

I am afraid to force anything!

TIA and good luck on your shoulder rehab!!

 

[kingosat]

Thanks for your comments. My thought of there being some difference in the working area between an ORP and a Pro is rendered null as you also have a Pro. So thank you for eliminating that as an issue.

Cushioning the brake line with rubber hose material is a great idea. I guess I am just unsure of how bendable those brake lines are. Flexing them would provide more room to fit the brackets over the axle housing. But to me the biggest obstacle is the bar that sits in FRONT of the axle. It is unforgiving.

Any tip for me as to how you managed that? Get around that bar first, then the brake line? Or the other way around?

I am afraid to force anything!

TIA and good luck on your shoulder rehab!!

I put the front angle that needs to go under the sway bar under it first, then pulled it past the brake line in the back. I found putting a little silicon grease on the rubber isolator helped in pulling the bracket down:

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