Seat nut-sert pulled out

[Ryangt]

Pulled one of the nutserts out of the frame that the seat screws into. Can I repair this?

any help would be appreciated, it's probably not a super huge issue, but I don't like parts not being secure under my butt.

 

[user_deleted]

ryan: they can be annoying on the firebolt if stripped. the insert is called a riv-nut. see link below. most all the popular hardware online outfits like gardner-westcott , car-pak and the link below have them. it must be drilled out and replaced if threads are stripped. i have tig welded a bad one to the adjoining aluminum structure and re-tapped in the past but in all honesty it's more work than drilling out and replacing.

http://www.rivet-nut.com/Rivnut_Fasteners.asp

 

[Ryangt]

Thanks lunaticfringe so basically make the hole in the frame a little bigger and go up a size in external diameter of the rev-nut to fix it? Sounds simple enough and about how I imagined it would go. Time to break out my stepped drill bit.

 

[user_deleted]

yes sir, my pleasure. when drilling it out you often times lightly wound the mounting area hole. if so it's not a big deal as i mix up and add a dab of epoxy like jb weld to the new riv-nut and insert it. let it set up at least 24 hours and keep the epoxy out of the riv-nut threads. works like a charm.

 

[Ryangt]

Picked some up at fastenal here in Elizabeth city. They only sold them in packs of 10. I wasn't sure which ones I would need so I ordered the 5/16-18 and the 3/8-16 rivnuts. I will surely have extras so if anyone needs any, shoot me a PM and we can work something out.