captive nut repair question

[L DC]

Hi Jim,

Your idea makes sense, and I believe was discussed
before.

This topic was slightly discussed last week. I'm in
the same boat with my '85 VW QSW.

One of the captive nut's thread ( driver's side front
most) got scored/marred and I was not able screw the
bolt through the subframe bushing.

I looked around for some kind of hole or orifice in
the chassis in the hope to get to the captive nut but
did not find any.

I'm going to take a more scrutinizing look around to
see if there's an access cavity to get to the captive
nut.

Another lister here said that he found a cavity in the
chassis of his Audi 5K and was able to replace the
captive nut, albeit with some creativity to get to it.

If' I'm not able to find a cavity in the chassis, I
think I'm just going to drill one up on the side of
the chassis to get to that damn captive nut and R&R
with a more user friendly piece.

-Regards,


Louis






 
 



--- thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:

> anyone have any clever solutions for a broken off
> captive nut?
> 
> one of the captive nuts broke off on the a4 upper
> rear shock mount. so
> i'm looking at a piece of sheetmetal with a hole in
> it and no way to
> get behind it to get a nut back there.  it's some
> kind of sealed
> cavity between the c pillar, trunk, and fender.
> 
> i think id have to have a panel around the hole cut
> out, a new nut
> welded on and the panel welded back into place?
> 
> tia
> jim
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