Tailgate Crush Nuts

[Tcb3078]

Surprised to not find anything on this.... But I have a new dennis carpenter tailgate. When to put on the handle crush nuts, but after 1 turn, they stripped out and I can't "crush" them. Any alternatives/suggestions out there for this?

Thanks!

 

[gick70]

Rivnuts!

 

[Hotrodjohn]

mine had backing plates on each side with 2 nuts welded on them. This is how it came from Ford.

 

[Tcb3078]

mine had backing plates on each side with 2 nuts welded on them. This is how it came from Ford.

I'm jealous.... frustrated the crap out of me

 

[Calibronc66]

This is how I did it after going thru several and watching videos that seem to skip over this part.

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[hankjr]

Now I’m fearing I did something wrong. Mine went in pretty simply. I followed instructions and all seems to be fine...

I saw those crush nuts on a web page over the weekend if you need a source. I can figure out which site

Hank

 

[72Sport]

I think you are looking for Riv-Nuts. I am not sure how big they make them but they are used with a POP rivet tool. I have bought them in a package with a few re-usable threaded rods just like the piece used for pop-rivets only they are threaded on one end. You screw the threaded end of the rod in the threaded rivet and install it just like a pop-rivet. unscrew the rod after assembly and re-use.

 

[hankjr]

http://www.dixied.com/cgi-dixied/sb...&search_field=nutsert&Search.x=59&Search.y=14

in case you are looking for the hexagonal version.

Harbor freight has cheap nutsert tools that look like pop rivet tools but install the round nutserts.

I'm not sure if there is enough meat / clearance in the tailgate to drill out the hex and use round nutserts, so replacing with hex might be the only option

Hank

 

[PaveBronco]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073VK3B7S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I ordered this one from Amazon with an extra box of nutserts. I initially thought I wouldn't use it much (got it for my mirrors mounted to the windshield frame) but I'm finding all kinds of uses for them.

 

[Skiddy]

This is how I did it after going thru several and watching videos that seem to skip over this part.

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this is about the best way, lucky I didn't have any problem with mine

 

[Tcb3078]

this is about the best way, lucky I didn't have any problem with mine

Yeah, this worked on 2 of the 4 I installed.