Use thick grease, you could chill it and maybe even the caps in a freezer before trying to install them, have the spider part real clean with no grease on it, make sure the holes are burr free etc.
Kicking self for selling off my Taskforce trucks. Still looking for an LCF or conventional big bolt in decent shape.
As of 10-26-2022, A 55.2 Taskforce long bed now the work begins
