[Healeys] Stripped Nut on the Shock Mount

[Steve Gerow]

Michael,

There's a lot of discussion in the archives on this. From your description,
am assuming captive nut is still attached but threads are stripped. If nut
is loose skip directly to 3) or 4)

Short version in order of ease:

1)      Drill out and tap for metric 10mm bolt which is slightly larger
diameter than orig 3/8-fine

2)      Drill out and tap for 3/8-fine helicoil

3)      See Tom's Toy Store for threaded plate which replaces all the
captive nuts - probably could be done on one side only

4)      Kilmartin adjustable shock tower plates - from British Car
Specialist

Note: 1) & 2) require right angle drill attachment. For 1) You may be able
to directly tap the stripped hole with the metric tap.

 

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Steve Gerow

Pasadena, CA, USA

BN6

 

Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:47:34 -0700

From: Michael Hartfield <hartfiel at alumni.princeton.edu>

Subject: [Healeys] Stripped Nut on the Shock Mount

To: "healeys at autox.team.net" <healeys at autox.team.net>

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Of the four bolts holding the shock in place on the left front, I have one

that is stripped.  I tried a new bolt and it spins.

 

What steps are recommended to replace the threads on the nut side?

 

Thanks,

 

Michael

 

BJ8