[alexxx]

Team

Last bolt of my towbar install is spin spin spinning and wont tighten up.

Any ideas for a fix?? The thread must be mangled...

[atari4x4]

just superglue it in

is the thread rooted or has the captive nut come unstuck?

get it time-serted/heli-coiled

[alexxx]

nah thread looks munched.

ill just smash a bigger bolt in there!!!

[atari4x4]

that's cool, don't expect me to follow you with your trailer on or recover you with it.

[alexxx]

hahaha!!!! your perfection syndrome has some what rubbed off on me. lol

[shep]

Can you just get a longer bolt and stick a nyloc nut on it.

[alexxx]

its into the chassis. I dont know if you have access to the bolt once its in the thread.?????

[buzbox]

What Shep said.. You can overkill it for peace of mind,

Nylon lock nut, Spring washer & Loctite

[alexxx]

buzbox wrote:

What Shep said.. You can overkill it for peace of mind,

Nylon lock nut, Spring washer & Loctite

can you actually get to it to put a nut on it as its into the chassis????

[shep]

If access is hard then weld fencing wire to the nut and poke it into any chassis hole ya can find and feed it to the right spot.

[alexxx]

now thats thinking!!!

you done this before lol...

[alexxx]

just looked on a uk vit thread and this is common for the threads to rust out and eat out when bolted. Most guys have drilled right through chassis and wack long bolts with nylock nut on.

[atari4x4]

the poms are dodgy though.

[alexxx]

dodgy good or dodgy bad??

[atari4x4]

is there a good kind of dodgy?

[buzbox]

You have lot to learn grass hopper.

You can fit a spanner in there holding the nut while you tighten the bolt

[atari4x4]

are you sure you can do it on a SQ625... if they're anything like a SV they have an enclosed chassis rail, it's not a open box framed sierra.

[buzbox]

Wellllll that's a different kettle of pigeons then.

Drill the bolt hole and re tap the thread to fit a slightly larger bolt.

[atari4x4]

you have a lot to learn grasshopper

[buzbox]

If I actually bothered to view his profile picture, I would be on the same book and not suggest what I did on my golf buggy of a sierra.

[atari4x4]

wrong again grasshopper, profile picture shows a SE416V, vehicle in question is the one in the vehicle details which states SQ625.

OP is lacking details in his thread, i'll give you that one... but he's a noob so can be forgiven.

[britvit]

shep wrote:

If access is hard then weld fencing wire to the nut and poke it into any chassis hole ya can find and feed it to the right spot.

This....someone had used this trick on burntwood.

atari4x4 wrote:

the poms are dodgy though.

says the guy who had a tow bar built by a pom

[atari4x4]

britvit wrote:

atari4x4 wrote:

the poms are dodgy though.

says the guy who had a tow bar built by a pom

was made in outback australia so that counteracts the pommyness.

[alexxx]

wow....I go to make a coffee and come back to this!!!!

Ill just get the thread doctor in!!!

[britvit]

^ This thread is beyond repair sent you a PM

[alexxx]

go it thanks for all the help yoyos!!!

[atari4x4]

britvit wrote:

^ This thread is beyond repair sent you a PM

[alexxx]

dont encourage him gus