Installed the chassis x member mounting tubes today. These replace the captive nut.

HI Steve

I'm also planning to replace the captive nuts as one of mine required re-tapping and was not as secure in the chassis as I would have liked.

I realise you may have just installed for the images but will you be installing the bolts from the top in future?

Yeah, the bolts will be on top. That's just how I fitted it up to make sure it all worked. The metal tubes in the chassis are 10mm ID, 16mm OD. The captive nuts are still in there but the threads have been drilled out. The tubes sit on the nut and are welded to the top rail.

I have had to do this on both my cars. Its a pretty easy thing that makes it a lot more secure. I have a small piece of flat steel that i shaped up and sits under the bolt on top of the rail.

The most important thing is the crush tubes inside!

G

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Originally posted by fordsy

The captive nuts are still in there but the threads have been drilled out. The tubes sit on the nut and are welded to the top rail.

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Ah yep i did it this way also. I scratched my head for a while working out out to remove the captive nuts until i realised there was no real need to... just drill out the threads.

Awesome progress Steve, alloy archs look spot on. Only way to do it on a mk2 i reckon.

Hello Fordsy,

I noticed that your topic was just about to fall over the edge to page two, so I thought I would bump it up to the top again.

How about some production updates?

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i had to do this for 1 of the crossmember bolts on my mk2, because it had been f*cked at one stage, and it kept jamming when i tried to put it back in, ended up getting angry (which involved the rattle gun) only made things worse, so had to drill it out. lol.

did you have to use a super long drill bit from underneath? or did you mark it and drill it out from the top?

i had to put a drill bit into a socket with extension, then put the socket into the industrial sized drill i have to make it all work [:x)]

What Fordsy has done there Sterling is drill it out oversize to allow for a 'crush sleeve' to be put in. This way the sleeve takes all the pressure not your chassis.

intresting...

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Originally posted by PeterM

Hello Fordsy,

I noticed that your topic was just about to fall over the edge to page two, so I thought I would bump it up to the top again.

How about some production updates?

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Hi Peter. Thanks for rescuing the thread.

Haven't done very much over the past couple of weeks. My top mounts have arrived so the front struts are now complete. The rims are all organised and should be here in a couple of weeks. Same with the front brake calipers, mounts, hats and discs.

As for actual work, it's been a bit slow cause I'm giving the Landcruiser a bit of a spruce up as I'm going to sell it. Last thing I did on the shell was strip part of the paint off the roof. Once i've finished the paint stripping I should be able to get some more pics up.

I'm back on lates next week so I should have about 15 hours over 4 days to put into the car give or take.