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Nashvegas



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Side ladder lower mount captive nut issue - anyone?
Unfortunately today when re-mounting my accessory side ladder - I believe that one of the captive “nuts” that the lower big bolts goes into failed. The forward most bolt started spinning round and round.

Oy vey. I don’t even begin to know how to repair this as it’s in the frame of the car.

The ladder’s been on the car 3 years. I installed it myself and when I did so I used a torque wrench and did it right to spec, I remember doing so. I know what you are thinking - I was cranking on it with a huge breaker bar - quite the opposite. The bolt had just started to seat and I had just started to feel a slight bit of resistance after a # of turns to thread the bolt in -- it immediately started spinning freely.

I believe the captive nut in the frame of the car has come loose. I just stopped and left it -- It doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, but it’s not snugged up tightly. The other lower mount is fine.

Has anyone run into this? (it sounds like what has happened to those with the V8’s who’ve had a go of it trying to mount roof rails to their non-roof rail V8 models and haven’t gotten the bolts out due to the captive nuts breaking loose from their mounts).

This all because I mounted a fuel tank rotopax bracket. I do have a concern that with the weight of me (220 lb) and the fuel bouncing about I should have 2 good lower mounts. Appreciate any advice.


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