homer41 Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 (edited) I have a number of caged nuts in the rockers of my 41 Plymouth that failed during disassemble. I could easily replace them except they are blind, meaning no access from the rear. Does anyone have a cure? I was thinking about just welding a nut in solid, any other thoughts are welcome. Dave Edited January 30, 2020 by homer41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydodge Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Depending on the thread you maybe able to use nutserts, or there are various threaded things(forget their actual name) that are used in working with timber that have a flat side that attaches to timber and allows a screw or bolt to hold the two pieces together............lol...........when I was doing the rockers in my 40 Dodge I found all the original bolts either rusted out or stripped so welded in bolts hanging down and they are still fine 40 odd years later.........biggest hassle will probably be working out how to hold the nut there while you weld it in.........andyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDeSoto Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 They're called T-Nuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I just replaced all the caged nuts in the dash of my 51. This is a video showing how to do it with the style used int eh dash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer41 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 I never thought about rivnuts, I will look tomorrow and see if they will work. Thanks for the help! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydodge Posted January 31, 2020 Report Share Posted January 31, 2020 Bob........yep, thats them...T Nuts.......andyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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