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jason
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 Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:20 pm Post subject: Lower bolt on rear fender |
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Is the lowest bolt a stud or is it a bolt welded in the back. I can't see the rear.
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virtanen
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xeno
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All fender bolts should be bolts. The reason someone welded it in, is because of rust probably.
Maybe die cut it, weld smooth, and then drill and tap?
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Da TOW'D
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I had a similar problem with my '57 .
We ended up grinding the "bolt" flush and then using a hole cutter drill the old nut/broken stud out.
welded a 8mm nut to a washer
then welded it back in the hole back to bolt mount again
We also ended up doing the same thing to all the running board bolts/nuts
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jason
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Xeno the lowest is a stud. My 58 and 59 both have them. I just didn't know if it was welded in back. I have to remove my heater channel plate so I will cut it out when I do. |
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56Cabrio
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| xeno wrote: |
All fender bolts should be bolts. The reason someone welded it in, is because of rust probably.
Maybe die cut it, weld smooth, and then drill and tap? |
Both of my 56's have the same stud. They came that way from the factory. My 63 also has the stud.
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My57Oval
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| Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 4:37 am Post subject: Re: Lower bolt on rear fender |
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| My '57 has a stud and nut for the last lowest connection for fender mounting, just behind the running board. Rear fender. So this design is obviously factory and not a prior repair job. Confirmed? |
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rud helsen
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| xeno wrote: |
All fender bolts should be bolts. The reason someone welded it in, is because of rust probably.
Maybe die cut it, weld smooth, and then drill and tap? |
Incorrect. This is original. It should be a stud! |
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Mr. OGPaint
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| Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 11:25 am Post subject: Re: Lower bolt on rear fender |
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I believe this stud was placed there by the factory to make hanging the fender easier. When you are putting a fender on it is much easier due to this stud, once the stud is in the hole, the leading edge of the fender is basically in place allowing 1 person to hold the rear while installing bolts with the other hand.
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Derosse
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| xeno wrote: |
All fender bolts should be bolts. The reason someone welded it in, is because of rust probably.
Maybe die cut it, weld smooth, and then drill and tap? |
well.... you are wrong  |
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fazeka
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 1:18 am Post subject: Re: Lower bolt on rear fender |
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| Yup, stud from the factory. I was seeing those on all-original cars 40 years ago. |
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57BLITZ
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| Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Lower bolt on rear fender |
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Not EXACTLY a stud . . . when removed from the sheet metal, it looks sorta like one of these . . . http://www.mcmaster.com/#93226a230/=12ua2iz
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joshbuchan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 8:23 am Post subject: Re: Lower bolt on rear fender |
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| 56 was the first year for this stud......55 and down had the standard weld nut there (stamping of sheetmetal transitioning into heater channel cap area also changed at same time) |
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