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09-23-2013, 08:40 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Leland, Il
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hatch hardware part help
I have began work on my 72 K5 and noticed on the rear bed sides where the metal hardtop bracket attaches to the body, the threaded insert has pulled out and are gone. Anybody know if I can buy something that would work from the hardware store. I have attached a picture of another 72 I had that shows the location of the part I am talking about but it is actually inside the bedside.
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09-23-2013, 09:24 PM
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One of the First
 
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: St. Augustine,FL.
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Re: hatch hardware part help
Good question, I removed my hard top for the summer and the nut sleeve just spun in the hole on drivers side. Had to use persuasive tactics! I was going to check LMC catalog, if no luck there then Ace hardware the Fastnal.
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09-23-2013, 09:32 PM
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Location: Streator Illinois
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Re: hatch hardware part help
Brian, not the cheapest fix, but probably the most secure.
http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-th...nserts/=on0x46 Tool to install is expensive, someone just loaned one out in one of the blazer build threads, wish I had one myself, I would loan it to ya. |
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09-23-2013, 11:22 PM
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Re: hatch hardware part help
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Semper Fi...Uncle Sam, you da man All parts offered to help are free, unless otherwise noted Dont try this stuff in my build thread, unless you have 55 years of mechanical OTJ training SAFETY FIRST AS usual, off topic They say your mind goes second, can't remember the first Jim |
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09-24-2013, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Portland, OR
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Re: hatch hardware part help
Should be an access hole in the rear that you can stick a wrench through, just lube up your wrench and put a piece of tape on one side of the box end and use it to hold the nut in place as you thread the bolt.
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09-24-2013, 09:07 PM
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One of the First
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: St. Augustine,FL.
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Re: hatch hardware part help
There is no nut on the inside, just a round sleeve with threads. The sleeve is tightly compressed against the body sheet metal. When the sleeve spins there is not enough access to get any kind of tool to grasp it. Cold chisel and hammer - then replace the nut sleeve.
Last edited by D.PASSMORE; 09-25-2013 at 10:17 AM. |
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09-25-2013, 09:34 AM
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Location: Leland, Il
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Re: hatch hardware part help
Here's the fix I found at the hardware store for $1.20 ea. Ill enlarge the three holes, tack weld them and flush grind them.
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09-25-2013, 10:19 AM
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One of the First
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: St. Augustine,FL.
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Re: hatch hardware part help
There ya go! Bam!
 I'll use the same process...
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09-25-2013, 11:01 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Acworth, GA
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Re: hatch hardware part help
Great fix! I'll be doing the same when the top goes on in the winter.
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