| |
Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | | Forums66 Topics128,010 Posts1,055,308 Members48,419 | | Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down
with Ads!  Again, thanks!
| | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 578 | I pulled my fender off this morning. This mounting point had no bolt in it, and when I pulled the fender off I found a U shaped shim sitting on it. I also found about 4 of the shims lying on the ground. Don't know where they came from. This mounting point does not look threaded, and I don't see a nut inside. Comments? Hints? Instructions?
"Happiness equals reality minus expectations" - Tom Magliozzi
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | the dropped shims came from the same place, body shims are commonly found there - that mount point is always a rot problem, there should be a weld nut inside that lump - the PO prolly found the threads corroded away and shrugged it off, you're faced with taking the piece off and replacing the nut inside or putting it back together the way it was  Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 457 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 457 | Another idea would be drill out hole and install a wel-nut (the rubber thingy that goes in a blind hole, you thread your bolt in, and it expands and locks in place.) If that's not strong enough or sticks out too far, straighten the prongs on a T-nut, and weld it in the hole. Good luck!
1940 Chevy 1/2 ton pickup "KC"
A day without sunshine is like, well, ..... dark!
| | |
|
|
| |
