Today on our 2005 Ford F350 Super Duty well be installing the Putco Master Boss rounded running board, box board, part number P62522. Note, on this application well need to trim the rear edge in order for it to fit properly with the dual rear wheel setup on this vehicle. First well go ahead and take a straight edge, mark the line and then cut off the top edge. Now with that done were ready to go ahead and install the front end cap. This will be a black cap secured with two cap screws and a quarter inch flange nut. Then well move to the rear flap, or cap, which will be a large polished sheet of steel that well need to remove the protective film from.
Now with the film removed well use the cap screws and quarter inch flange nuts to secure it to the box board. Next well take the rubber strip provided with the install kit and go ahead and install it onto the box board from end to end along the back edge. Youll see that its longer than necessary so well go ahead and mark it with our paint stick and cut off the access. Now were ready to go ahead and install it completely. Next were going to go ahead and rotate the box board and install the angled brackets onto the box board bracket.
Well be securing the angle bracket to the box board using quarter inch hex bolt and a quarter inch flange nut, two per angle bracket. Note, the shorter of the two angled brackets will go to the front bracket of the box board and the longer will go to the rear bracket on the box board. Now well go ahead and level these out and tighten them down about the middle of the T-slot to give us room to work with it later. Now well go ahead and put our box board in place. As you can see the flap along the rear well will have to be molded and contoured to the inner wheel well.
Now we have an idea where itll need to be bent and how much. Were going to go ahead and bring it down and mold it to the inner rear well. Now with that done were ready to go ahead and put out box board into position. Quick tech tip, its a good idea to have a few extra sets of hands or have some tools in place that can assist you with holding the box board into place at multi points as you sit it into position and began to secure it with the upright brackets. Once we get it into position Ill start with using a pair of vice grips on the inner wheel well to secure this point.
Then well move to the inside making sure were in the ballpark of where we need to be and line up the upright brackets. Using a quarter inch bolt and quarter inch flange nut well secure the upright bracket to the angled bracket previously installed. Then once were set well use the self-tapping screws and screw the topside of the upright bracket to the hatch handle of the pickup bed. Now well go ahead and repeat the same process for the forward angled bracket. Now well move back to the wheel well where well secure the rear cap, or flap, to the inner rear well along the outer edge. Well be securing it using the self-tapping screws provided with our install kit. Well go ahead and line up each screw with the inner fender well and then go through the flap into the inner fender well. Now weve got some securing the flap well go ahead and remove the vice grips and install another one at the top of the flap. We have one more additional supporting bracket to install. This bracket will be the strap bracket. It will lead from the angled bracket up to an L bracket that will be secured to the hatch handle. The strap bracket will be secured to the angled bracket with a quarter inch hex bolt and a quarter inch flange nut at both ends and the L bracket will get secured to the hatch handle with the self-tapping screws. Once we have them lined up well go ahead and secure them and then tighten down the L bracket. Then we can go back and tighten down the quarter inch hardware. Next well go ahead and repeat the same process without angled bracket. Now that all our hardware is installed and tightened down this will complete the install of our Putco Master Boss rounded running board, box board, part number P62522, on our 2005 Ford F350 Super Duty.