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Posted by: Gudhjem Jan 17 2010, 05:23 PM

I'm missing one of these fasteners. Anyone know what they are called and where they can be bought? They clip onto sheetmetal and substitute for a welded-on nut.

This one clips into the dash substrate and accepts a bolt from the knee pad. The doors use a couple of them to, and they appear in a few other places.

Anyone?

--Steve





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Posted by: ericread Jan 17 2010, 06:11 PM

Julio.... or maybe Bob?

Posted by: ws91420 Jan 17 2010, 06:14 PM

They are generally called speed nuts.

Posted by: underthetire Jan 17 2010, 06:18 PM

I had one come apart on me to. I was able to get something close enough at Orchard Supply Hardware, but it had SAE threads.

Posted by: spare time toys Jan 17 2010, 06:32 PM

could be a clip nut or a barrel nut hard to tell in the photo

Posted by: ericread Jan 17 2010, 06:40 PM

Looks like a clip nut to me. Speed nuts are usually single-use fasteners and many times have a rubber/neoprene backing.

Eric

Posted by: mojorisen914 Jan 17 2010, 06:41 PM

Those are different from a 'speed nut'. I ran into the same problem when I dropped the knee pad during my resto. Not sure if a specialty fastner store would have them or not. I used some creative engineering to fasten the knee pad back since no one would ever see it.

Posted by: Gudhjem Jan 17 2010, 06:50 PM

Thanks for the replies. Clip nut was enough to get me there. Looks like those selling them call them "cage nuts[b]."

In this case, M6 cage nuts.



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Turns out, Julio ,is also correct.


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Posted by: 9146986 Jan 17 2010, 06:51 PM

Yea, that's a square nut that's captive in a square bracket that clips into a square hole. I'd bet there's a part number for that somewhere.

Posted by: bandjoey Jan 17 2010, 07:23 PM

Don't know what to call them Other than really big nuts but I've probably got a few in my bolt jar. If no one comes up with some I'll check tomorrow and let U know. How many do you need?

Posted by: detoxcowboy Jan 17 2010, 07:32 PM

QUOTE(Gudhjem @ Jan 17 2010, 03:23 PM)

Posted by: Gudhjem Jan 17 2010, 09:55 PM

QUOTE(bandjoey @ Jan 17 2010, 05:23 PM)