So I nabbed the little welder from work, and proceeded to tack them all on which I think is far better than having one strip and not being able to get it out. It was a little tricky because I'm lazy and left the axles on the jeep, pulled the brakes shoes which I ended up changing anyways. All in all that portion of the job went well.
The stud in question snugged up fine once torqued, then on to the other side............ Now last night I remember my son, whom is 3 and a half helped me put the lug nuts on the side step. After a while he had them all on one side. I remember putting half back but now they are gone, maybe he put them on the running board of our cherokee which has since moved, I looked most places a 3 year old could reach in the garage but with no sucess
. Thankfully it's a toy and I don't need it to get to work, off to part source tomorrow to find some new ones
It was a good bonding experience though