TL;DR - I replaced the bolts with grade 8 versions, hopefully solving the problem for good.
I was not happy to discover that two bolts were "missing" from the rear holes of the front skid plate halfway through my first trail in Utah. I was even less happy when I attempted replacement and discovered that the heads of both bolts had sheared off, making a trail fix much more difficult. I can only assume that the bolts I had installed were "standard grade" bolts, and some reasonably bash of the skid plate, or constant vibration, caused them to shear. After extracting the remaining bolt from each mounting point, I've replaced them with Grade 8 bolts, and suspect that they won't be an issue any longer.
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