dan__wright
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 09:56 AM |
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U or j bolts
Does anyone know where i can get approx 10 (will that be enough to hold dash in?) u or j bolts or does anyone have any other clever ways of mounting
the dash? i will be using M6 *1 cap head bolts and dont want to have to get behind the dash to undo / tighten them.
Thanks.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 09:59 AM |
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I seem to remember someone selling what looked like a flanged nut with double sided foam sticky pads on the back.. I guess a leather punch would be
all you need to make ten up... Something like that might to the trick? The sticky pad only needs to hold the nut and stop it spinning...
Dan
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Avoneer
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 11:25 AM |
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Riv nuts of the scuttle flange?
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dan__wright
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 11:32 AM |
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i did wander about that, will the scuttle be strong enough for that? also i dont have a rivnut gun but hey.
im looking at holding the L shaped part of the scuttle on by tapping holes into the chassis and using that, has anyone done this and does it work
okay?
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scudderfish
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 11:39 AM |
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Depending on your dash material, these may be of use
http://www.modelfixings.co.uk/captive_nuts.htm
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Macbeast
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 05:11 PM |
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I'm planning to use 4mm rivnuts with suitable washers to spread load on the fibreglass scuttle
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jacko
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 05:15 PM |
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use rivnuts or weld nuts to a small bit of metal. put them behind the fiberglass and pop rivet them on to it drill holes in line with the nuts for
your cap head bolts 
Jacko
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another_dom
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| posted on 18/10/07 at 05:42 PM |
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If you use caged aero (K) nuts it will allow a degree of misalignment (which rivnuts wont). Of course, if your holes always line up it won't be
an issue!
Dom.
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02GF74
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 09:18 AM |
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scuttles I believe come with a facewit hte dash, and some perhaps don't.
mine hasn't so I grip stiked (is that a verb?) small aluminium tabs, folled by fibreglassing over with strips, with a rivert nut. 13 in all
and then used 4 mm button heads to keep dash in place.
only been in place for 3 days so time will tell how robust it is - seems pretty sturdy.
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dan__wright
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| posted on 23/10/07 at 09:20 AM |
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i found some in the end at not too bad a price (will post link up) but i need a few more as its not as solid as i would like it to be.
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