Retractable Runningboards 2012

[Bflannery23]

I have a 2012 Expedition EL, King ranch. I bought the car used a year ago and it has 23k miles on it. Today my bracket on my retractable running board snapped in half, Ford wants $2,500 to fix it. Is there any place I can just buy the bracket?

 

[jeff kushner]

Does it look like a separate piece? I've heard of dealers/manufacturers selling entire assemblies instead of breaking them down and selling the component parts so if that's the case, maybe calling a bunch of junk/salvage yards might produce some results that will sell you just the piece that you need?

I'm with you though, 2500 when you only need a single piece is nuts!

You also might want to take a look here:

https://www.google.com/search?q=201...X&ved=0ahUKEwib98PX6r7QAhVEyyYKHeb1AfUQsxgIHQ

motors, brackets, entire boards.....the internet is your friend bud!

Jeff

 

[Bflannery23]

Yep, it is one piece, not modular at all. The brackets are made from cast aluminum, poor design in my opinion based on the pieces required use. I figured out a way to piece it back together, which will hold it until I can find something at the junk yard

 

[jeff kushner]

This might help....a very good write up on rebuilding/replacing the brackets! Scroll down to the 3rd or 4th post and you'll find a PDF'ed attachment which the guy made with pics!


http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...dition-and-navigator-auto-running-boards.html

jeff

 

[RedExpy]

late to the party but wow...... what a write up. Should be ale to salvage the boards using that... well done!

 

[USMCBuckWild]

This might help....a very good write up on rebuilding/replacing the brackets! Scroll down to the 3rd or 4th post and you'll find a PDF'ed attachment which the guy made with pics!


http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...dition-and-navigator-auto-running-boards.html

jeff

This should be cross posted here and stickied

 

[jeff kushner]

Glad it helped you Red!!


jeff