| I'm a little confused. [message #316767] |
Sat, 29 April 2017 06:31  |
Ken Burton
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Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
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13 years ago I bought all new LED clearance lights. Well two days go I started replacing the rear rusted in original clearance lights. I had a planed to fiber glass in speed nuts to reinforce the threaded mounting areas. I have never had these off before and when I removed the first one I found Netserts (Rivnuts) holding it in place. Obviously a PO had been in there before as the nuts were epoxied in place. They spun and broke loose from the epoxy. So I had to repair them. I pulled up the loose nuts and and rolled a thin bead of plumber's epoxy putty and place it underneath them. Then I flattened them back flush with a hammer. This stuff sets up in 6 minutes and is fully hard in 4 hours. About 1 hour later I mixed up some JB Weld and put it around the edge of the Rivnut for additional strength. Those things are really in there now.
So I moved on to the second one. After removing it I was surprised to also find the same kind of Rivnuts. I removed the third and it is the same way. The second and third were obviously OEM.
So now I'm asking why people were in previous postings using well nuts to install clearance lights? What was wrong with the original Rivnuts (Nutserts)?
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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