Bestop TrekStep - Rear Mounted Truck Step - Aluminum - Driver Side

Video Transcript for Bestop TrekStep Rear Mounted Truck Step Installation - 2022 Ram 2500

What's up everybody. It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today, we're gonna be checking out the Bestop TrekStep. Is gonna be a step used to get into the back of your truck easier. And then we're gonna be installing it on a 2022 Ram 2,500. Let's check it out.

The step's gonna make it much easier to get in the back of your truck when you need to. You can just use your foot, kick it down like that or when you're done with it, you can kick it back up too. It doesn't hit the bumper. It's nice you don't have to use your hands at all. So if your hands are full and you're either trying to climb up here, throw something in the back of the truck or get something from the back of the truck you don't have to worry about climbing down and then hitting that.

You can just kick it up, goes into place comes right back down, just as easy. And again, just makes that step up a lot easier going from step to step to get in the back. Even with the tailgate down, too, you have to come at it from the side, but it definitely helps not to try and go from the ground to the tailgate anymore. You can just go here, step up, up, in it. Some nice things about the step being mounted underneath of the frame of your vehicle is that you don't have to worry about finding it.

It's not like a stool you have to get out before you get back there. It's always there and ready to use. But it also doesn't take up the hitch. So sometimes you get that step, you put it here to help you step up into the back of your truck, but that would use up your hitch and you'd have to swap that out with a ball mount, then you need to use that. This way, the hitch is wide open for whatever accessories you wanna use.

And the step's always gonna be right there. 'Nother nice thing is that it stores up by the bumper right here. So it's not gonna be in the way of any hitch mounted accessories. It's gonna be a non-skid pad here, on the step. I can definitely feel with my hand. I can get that grip on there, and with a foot when I step on there, I feel that drag and that grip. So I don't feel like I'm gonna slip off there which is good for the elements. You can even use if it's raining. Don't worry about slipping off there easily. I think the step is good size too. There's plenty of room on there for my foot. I can get my whole foot on there. I don't have to worry about it just being on the edge or anything like that. So I got a good footing on when I'm standing up there and good balance. Now, when it comes to the installation, that's pretty easy too. It only works for trucks with single exhaust. So keep that in mind, but installation isn't too bad using existing bolts, you don't have to drill any new holes in the bottom of your truck. It didn't take me too long. Check out how I did it. We're underneath the truck on the driver's side here, towards the back. First thing we're gonna need to do is move this wire harness. The assembly is gonna need to go here. So all we're gonna do is pull on that to pop it out and then we're gonna zip tie it up here to the other wire harness. So we'll just work it out like that. And then zip tie it up here up, up and outta the way. The assembly is gonna need to go about here. So you see that how much we need to move this wire harness outta the way. So it needs to be closer up to the top. Now with our wire harness zip tied up here and out of the way, I can show you the body mount goes right here. So now we have plenty of room to still work. So what I'm gonna do next is remove these two bumper bolts and we'll run 'em right back in with the body mount in place. We're gonna go ahead and remove those bumper bolts. There's one. I got this one loose with the impact and back it out with my hand, 'cause now we're gonna hold up the body assembly and attach that to the frame. So just replace those bolts. But before we put those bolts in, it's recommended we use a little bit of Loctite that's included. We're gonna do some pre-assembly. What we're gonna do is we're gonna take the step assembly here. This is, you want this facing this way so that it brings the step out towards the back of the truck. Then we're gonna have our spacer put into place. We're gonna make sure you line up the holes correctly. You want this hole matching up with this hole on the step assembly, cause that's gonna make it easier when you go to attach that. Now the body mount is gonna go right here and attach to the bumper underneath the vehicle. But we'll get that in a second. Now the instructions aren't super clear on what you need to do but I found an easier way to do this. So I wanna make sure I pass it on to you. It's gonna be easier to attach the spacer first. We're gonna take our M6 18 millimeter screw. We're gonna put that in first. So add a little bit of Loctite to the end. So we're supposed to do that for all the connections, all the fasteners, sorry. And then on the inside, see if I can't do this and show you at the same time, we'll drop that in with the washer and line up that hole and get it started. So it needs to go in there. I'll get it hand tight and you can come back with an Allen tool that'll go up through the hole in the top to help you tighten it down. That's gonna make it a lot easier than installing this portion first 'cause then the two bolts will be in the way. Already been there and done that. So this is gonna save you a bunch more time. We're gonna take our longer bolts out. Add that Loctite. We're gonna run those through the top, put them in place. So we're gonna need to put our body mount in there as well. We need it this way. Drop the bolt down and in there. Make sure it lines up on the inside too. And then start tying it down. I'm gonna get it hand tight. So it kind of holds itself. And then I'll come back and add the second one. Now I'm gonna lift the assembly up and attach the body mount and everything back to the bumper. We're gonna reuse the hardware we used earlier. Adding some Loctite back on there. Now you might not be able to see much with me putting the first one on, but I'll be able to get outta the way once it's holding itself up. Now we'll line up our second one and get that started too. We can see this a little bit clearer. Kind of pushing up on this side to line up those holes and get that one hand started. That one's going in pretty good. So it's gonna help hold it in place so I can come back and tighten it down. Make sure it's got a nice hold. Now we're gonna bring the arm out so that we can attach our step. And you see it's got a sliding plate here with the screw holes in it. You wanna line that up about there get the step as centered as you can before you add the hardware. We can actually put that in there somewhat loosely to help adjust it back and forth before we tighten it down by hand. Now with that lined up, it looks centered to me, run this in by hand and come back with an Allen key to finish tightening it down. But this is just gonna help hold it in place. We're gonna adjust the step back and forth. You see, now that I got this one in there I can slide it back and forth and the holes are still lined up. Now with that tightened down and the step on there we can see it works just fine. And then, I'm sorry it comes up here. Does not hit the vehicle so we don't have to use any spacers or anything. We're done. Overall, think the step's a great addition to the truck. Definitely makes it easier climbing into the back of the bed that need to either grab something right here or just getting in there to mess with the fifth wheel is gonna make everything a lot easier and not take up that hitch. So that's great for other accessories. Well, I think that does it. Thanks for hanging out. I hope this helps..