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Alicat

Member Since: 25 Nov 2013
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 135

Where is this nut from?

I had a rattle in the rear of the 90. On further investigation this nut fell out. It came from the bottom of the trim that surrounds the rear side windows.

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Any idea as to what it should be holding together?

Thanks

Tony

15th Nov 2014 12:13pm

steve E

Member Since: 06 Mar 2011
Location: Tenby
Posts: 2073

I found the exact same nut in my 2013 my 110 a few weeks into ownership and still have it in the cubby box

I too would love to know where it came from.

nothing has fallen off yet.

15th Nov 2014 12:36pm

smb

Member Since: 15 Jan 2013
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 1232

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

It looks like one of the nuts that hold the side panels onto the tub. When I took all the trim off mine I found that half the bolts didn't have nuts on and two had loose nuts. It was quite worrying to have found the only thing keeping the body on mine was probably the weight of the roofrack

15th Nov 2014 12:57pm

Alicat

Member Since: 25 Nov 2013
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 135

Hmmmm, I suspected it might be something like that!

I won't started taking the trim off yet to check the others.

Thanks

Tony

15th Nov 2014 2:08pm

Pickles

Member Since: 26 May 2013
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 3781

2013 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Keswick Green

Had the exact same nut, found in exactly the same place, & I put a post up about it.
Dealer had a look, put some sort of torch/mirror along the inside of that plastic trim & said everything looked ok.
I've had no more rattles, nothing is vibrating or appears to be loose etc, so I'm not too concerned. Others have had similar items found in various locations around their Defender!
Pickles.

15th Nov 2014 9:03pm

richardg

Member Since: 17 Dec 2012
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 30

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

Found the same nut when took off the rubber cap where the old style jack used to fit on the chassis at the front end.

15th Nov 2014 9:27pm

keith

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 2210

Here is the very nut fallen from its home behind the plastic window surround panel . It's not from the panel but from the body capping from the tub to hardtop . Only solution is to locktight it on as it always comes off , there are more of them .

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16th Nov 2014 10:30am

Go Beyond

Member Since: 30 Jan 2012
Location: Headcorn, Kent
Posts: 6678

It is, as others have said, from the bolt that secures the side panels to the tub.

One of these on my demonstrator dropped off as I pulled away from the supplying dealer on the day I collected it

We often find them loose when removing the trim to leather.

16th Nov 2014 10:42am

Alicat

Member Since: 25 Nov 2013
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 135

Cheers Keith, that is exactly where mine dropped out from.

Tony

16th Nov 2014 4:50pm

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