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Guinness

Member Since: 04 Mar 2021
Location: Scotland
Posts: 55

Am i going to lose this bolt?

Hi there,

I have recently purchased a 2002 td5 defender 110, and for some reason, i am starting to do it up back to front. I want to remove the carpet so i can give it a deep clean, and i need to remove these bolts to remove the carpet i think (the one the flat head is pointing to)?

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If i remove this bolt, will the nut end up in the depths of hell or will it be held up? Any advice will be more than welcome!

Thanks,
Josh

24th Mar 2021 9:13pm

htb2

Member Since: 02 Nov 2018
Location: Carmarthenshire
Posts: 529

Captive nut welded into crossmember underneath, will probably be a metric fine thread.

24th Mar 2021 9:23pm

v8bob

Member Since: 14 Mar 2018
Location: Midlands
Posts: 316

If it is a genuine seat belt bolt it will be imperial thread.
Just like every seat belt bolt. Often on new vehicles having imperial thread and metric spanner head.
Thats the full metric version

25th Mar 2021 8:47am

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17363

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

7/16" UNF thread, if I recall correctly.

25th Mar 2021 9:02am

miker

Member Since: 13 Sep 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1763

I think (though could be mistaken) that on mine it's a nut, welded to a nut plate, riveted to the underfloor supports. SHould stay attached, but one of mine had partially broken free. Either way it's a big obvious lump that you can get to from underneath.

25th Mar 2021 5:03pm

Guinness

Member Since: 04 Mar 2021
Location: Scotland
Posts: 55

Fortunately, it was a captive nut and now my carpet is hanging up drying, the pressure washer did a surprisingly good job on the rust stains!

25th Mar 2021 8:08pm

Procta

Member Since: 03 Dec 2016
Location: Sunderland
Posts: 5162

give the threads that its going in a check up, and a clean. I had to replace a seatbelt mount on my old 300 TDi, due to this sort of thing, but that was down to the previous owners putting the bolt in on the p!ss, making it a nightmare! Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back

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30th Mar 2021 1:11am

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