captive nut repair question

[thejimrose]

better late than never. thanks for the input but.. is that a riddle?  what
do you mean 3 are free and 1 is fixed? captive nuts may be a misnomer, on my
a4 there are 4 threaded inserts or nuts welded to the back of the panel.
none are captive "floating" nuts like in a subframe.

i verified this on the other side. apparently later a4's had 3 bolts and a
stud supporting the rear upper shock mount. all 4 nuts on the other side of
the car are fixed, welded, whatever. a nut attached to the backside of the
sheetmetal by a restrictive and unseen force.

maybe i'll try the jedi mindtrick...

ive actually been driving it on 3 bolts and no worries so far. im sure that
4th bolt was more for the sake of german anal retentive overengineered
symmetry than any structural reality.


On 10/18/06, Ado Sigal <a.sigal at bluewin.ch> wrote:
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> Late in thread, but one should note that three captive nuts are free,
> and one is fixed, as per subframe.
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> Ado
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> Chris Thorp wrote:
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> >Scott Phillips wrote:
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> >>There might be "another" solution
> >>http://www.hi-shear.com/fastener_bn-bb_stds.htm this could get you back
> >>in business quickly. Here's another Diagram..
> >>http://www.hi-shear.com/fastener_bn-bb.htm
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> >Looks like a really scaled-up version of a pop rivet. :-)
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> >-Chris
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