 Knee pad cage nuts, How to reinstall ? |
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| jim_hoyland |
 May 16 2016, 06:17 AM
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Get that VIN ?  Group: Members Posts: 9,301 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California 
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Two of the hard-to-reach captive nuts broke away from the metal that are used to attach the knee pad. What can be done to keep a nut over the holes where the screws go ?
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| Garland |
May 16 2016, 06:41 AM
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Restoration Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 1,329 Joined: 8-January 04 From: ......Michigan...... Member No.: 1,535 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Stick a little windshield butyl on the nut to hold it in place.
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| cary |
May 16 2016, 08:46 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,900 Joined: 26-January 04 From: Sherwood Oregon Member No.: 1,608 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(Garland @ May 16 2016, 05:41 AM)  Stick a little windshield butyl on the nut to hold it in place. Good idea ........... |
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| iankarr |
May 16 2016, 01:28 PM
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The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K Group: Members Posts: 2,473 Joined: 22-May 15 From: Heber City, UT Member No.: 18,749 Region Association: Intermountain Region
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Same thing happened on my car. Tried the butyl but it kept popping off. Was hard to get everything lined up perfectly. I ultimately just got longer bolts and some washers and reached up and under to get them together.
Or google "cage nuts" and you'll see a bunch of options. They're used a lot for electronics racks. But I haven't seen the weird rectangular ones that go under the dash. My guess is that a square one will also work, as long as the width is the same and it compresses into the hole correctly. |
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| rgalla9146 |
May 16 2016, 01:49 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,554 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None
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Those cage nuts are removable.
They probably spin because the screws were cross threaded. Remove the knee pad. Remove the faulty cages by squeezing the tin flanges towards each other with a plier and pulling. Get the right size tap to repair the threads or get new nuts (!) from a vendor here. |
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| jim_hoyland |
May 16 2016, 08:55 PM
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Get that VIN ? Group: Members Posts: 9,301 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California
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Here, what they look like after coming loose; is it even possible to replace them in new condition? If doable I'll look for some good ones
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| Garland |
May 16 2016, 09:09 PM
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Restoration Fanatic Group: Members Posts: 1,329 Joined: 8-January 04 From: ......Michigan...... Member No.: 1,535 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Agree if not cross threaded, they should work.
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| iankarr |
May 17 2016, 01:45 AM
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The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K Group: Members Posts: 2,473 Joined: 22-May 15 From: Heber City, UT Member No.: 18,749 Region Association: Intermountain Region
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I didn't realize you still had the cages. Rgalla is right...easy to replace the nuts inside if cross threaded. The cages just squeeze into place
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| jim_hoyland |
May 24 2016, 07:24 PM
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Get that VIN ? Group: Members Posts: 9,301 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California
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I got a set of new cage nuts. I'm trying to do the ends by the doors first' but, I haven't had any luck squeezing the flanges so the cage fits. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
Is there a trick to this ? |
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| iankarr |
May 24 2016, 08:05 PM
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The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K Group: Members Posts: 2,473 Joined: 22-May 15 From: Heber City, UT Member No.: 18,749 Region Association: Intermountain Region
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Assuming the cage is the right width for the hole, the easiest way I've found is to hook one side of the flange into the opening...then push on the other side to compress it as you push up and snap the other side in
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| raynekat |
May 24 2016, 08:39 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,158 Joined: 30-December 14 From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Member No.: 18,263 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ May 16 2016, 07:55 PM) Here, what they look like after coming loose; is it even possible to replace them in new condition? If doable I'll look for some good ones I removed mine from the inner dash before I had that repainted. Then just replaced them....no issues at all. Should be doable. |
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