Written: February 23, 2022 – Updated: December 30, 2022
The 2022 Ford Maverick requires Ford OE anchors (as of right now). When I first bought the truck, these pictures were of the Curt brand D-ring anchors I found. At the time, neither they nor any other D-ring anchor out there fit.
Ford OEM D-Ring Floor Anchors
Ford now offers the D-ring anchors on their parts site. You can find them here: D-rings (Comes 1 per package) and screws (Comes 4 per package)
Materials
- Needed: T-Handle Ratcheting Tap Wrench, M8 x 1.25 thread tap, cutting oil, Qty: 2 – Hook Tie Down – Rear, Center – Part #: NZ6Z60550A74A, Qty 1: Screw – Part #: W721941S450B
- Cost: $105.98 (2 D-rings) + $9.90 (1 pkg screws) + tax = $122.84
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time: Around 5 minutes a hole
Install
Watched a few YouTube videos first. I seemed pretty straightforward. I’d been lollygagging on installation because I was nervous that I’d mess up and break the tap. It’s really not hard, in fact it’s quite easy once you get through the first hole tapping.
Basically, you don’t want to force it. Get the cutting oil on there. The beginning is the most crucial part in getting it level and threads started. Some downward force is needed right in the beginning, but as soon as the tap can stand up on its own, then it’s time let the tap do its thing by just turning the handles. The ratcheting function was paramount for the Maverick given how close the holes are to the bed sides. Turn the tap and feel it cut until you feel resistance. Then turn it the opposite direction to clear the metal shavings. Don’t forget the cutting oil. All of the videos instructed a short back-and-forth motion. I found it easier to tap, then back out a ways, then go forward again. Halfway through, I would back it all the way out, clear the shavings out, and then go back in to prevent it from really getting stuck in there.
Eventually, when you hit the bottom of the hole, it gets super easy. That’s how you know you’re done. When finishing, it was much easier to free the tap from the handle and just unscrew it like a regular screwdriver without the ratcheting function.
Yay! I timed the last hole tap and it took me 4 minutes and 15 seconds to do; that’s with me taking my time, backing all the way out halfway through, cleaning up shavings. Easy does it. The first one probably took something like 10 minutes. I have to say working around my roll up tonneau cover really gets the back aching. LOL.
Screws took a T45 driver bit.
Boom! Done! MUCH easier than I thought it’d be!
Bedside Anchors
- Bed Side Anchors
- Cost: $20 (4 anchors) + $7.50 (25 screws) = $27.50
- Bought some anchors off Amazon which fit perfectly with the Maverick’s pre-drilled, unthreaded, M6 holes.
- Also bought M6x1.0 – 25mm screws. Decided on the flange head, but you don’t have to
- Sadly, I never did end up installing these, because I couldn’t find what I did with them, and then I sold the Maverick.
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