gq rear body block captive nuts

Post by **marin** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:34 pm

What have you guys done with the captive nuts when doing your body lift? And how have you got in to do it? My last car i just butchered the hole, used a cold chisel to butcher off the cage, and then just used a normal nut and bolt back when i put the body lift in. oh yeah, i wd40'd on the day, not for a week b4 like i should have.

What have you guys done?

Post by **ludacris** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:39 pm

i didnt do a body lift but did cut the rear off the wagon off and had to grind the nuts off.

Post by **robbie** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 10:46 pm

if the heat treatment (oxy) works wonders on them, can you re-use the nuts with a bit of locktite on the bolt or..?

Post by **Daisy** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:45 am

Butane torch

Post by **bazzle** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 6:42 am

Yup, heat to soften the factory loctite. WD40 does nothing.
You can drill thru them if you wish and use the captive nut as a base for a bolt to sit on.

Bazzle

Post by **bru21** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 12:11 pm

i drilled mine worked a charm

Post by **Red Rover** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 1:02 pm

Used an oversize hole saw to neatly make the hole a little bigger, then with a mig put a couple of tacks on it and the heat made them come straight out.

Post by **marin** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:08 pm

what is the better option, drilling out the captive nuts, or removing them and the cage? Or can you re use them with some locktite? if you drill out the captive nuts, does the new bolt head sit on top of the cage?

Post by **bogged** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 5:19 pm

hammer and cold chisel, smash them out of the way, use nut and bolt.. piss easy..

Post by **Cheezy4x4** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 8:08 pm

Heat them up and they come out EZ, (what would I know, I only do 5 body lifts a week) :?:

Post by **robbie** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:45 pm

Cheezy4x4 wrote:Heat them up and they come out EZ, (what would I know, I only do 5 body lifts a week)

ok, we understand they need to be heated to take them out..

but can we re-use the captive - nuts after the original bolts are removed?

Post by **bogged** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:23 pm

robbie wrote:
Cheezy4x4 wrote:Heat them up and they come out EZ, (what would I know, I only do 5 body lifts a week)

ok, we understand they need to be heated to take them out..

but can we re-use the captive - nuts after the original bolts are removed?

why would you want to? Use Nylock Nuts dude.

Post by **bazzle** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:22 am

Yes ypu can reuse captive nuts. You will just need to source a 1.25 thread long enough to suit.

Bazzle

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