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OK, so I go to install a safari bar in my Mod bumper and even use my torque wrench to specs. One of the friggin nutserts stripped. Anyone else have this happen?
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That sucks almost as much as waiting for a Bronco. Get a pair of vice grips or make something else work.
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I used JB Weld to hold bolt in until I feel like drilling out the stripped rivnut and installing a new one. 7 of the 8 bolts are secure. It's not going anywhere. I could see if I gorilla fisted the wrench, but I used a torque wrench. Go figure.
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Stripped as in spins freely? Or the threads are stripped. If it’s just spinning freely you can fix that. You’ll need a bolt, nut, washer and some flat stock. Drill the appropriate size hole for the bolt in the end of the flat stock. Then put the nut on the bolt. Thread the nut on to the bolt most of the way. Put the washer on then out then bolt, nut and washer through the flat stock. Thread the bolt into the spinning nuts zero as much as possible. You want the most thread engagement as possible. Then holding the flat stock still and the bolt with a wrench tighten the nut down towards the flat stock. This will squish the nutzert tighter. Don’t go hog wild or you will pull the threads out.
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They're hex inserts. They don't spin. Threads stripped out. I have rivnuts, so I can eventually fix it. It's just a pain in the A$$.
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