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| | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 595 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 595 | ok guys where can the "caged nuts" that go inside the doors that are welded on plate atttached to door frame. any tips on replacment. looks like a real ***** to do. thanks | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | the ones inside the doors are tougher than the ones in the pillars ... yer on yer own, no parts made for that problem, and it is a *****
to really fix it you hafta cut open that area .... the plate the weldnuts are on rots away
Bill | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 50 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 50 | My 59 came with some homemade? nuts with machined cages. The nuts were just rectangular blocks drilled and tapped to suit. The cages were larger blocks with a slot machined to hold the block and allow it to slide back and forth 1/2". A clearance slot for the excess bolt length went all the way through. I just drilled a 1/8" hole on each side of my missing nuts and welded the cage on through the hole. Hope it helps.
They named it Apache cause it has a patchy welded here and a patchy welded there.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | those metal-plate nuts are factory, the original cages were stamped steel spot welded on, and that's the problem, years later the cages break loose when the nuts are siezed and you try to moose the bolts too much
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