wagonryan Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Hey i'm replacing my worn out trunk liftgate supports and one of the upper welded nuts broke off so I just have a hole and nothing to screw into. has anybody used jb weld or something similar to hold the lift gate bolt in place? do you think it'll work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Hm what model/year is this? A sedan? I had this occur on my '00obw. The genuine lift gate stay has a new ball end and mounting stud including (but no nut). I'm not sure if that's why you're referring to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonryan Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 its a 2000 obs. I bought new lift supports, they are being shipped. The problem is that when I took the old one off, the nut that the lift support screws into broke off so there is nothing to screw into. I'm looking for a cheap way to fix this. I was wondering if jb weld is strong enough to hold the lift support in place sorta as a makeshift nut if you get what i'm saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avk Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 There might be access to the other side after removing the trim. Another option could be to install a rivet-nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Hm I think that might have happend to mine too I haven't had a chance to look at it yet. Mine broke off at the stud right at the ball end. I would say we try to get actual nut that fits on there if the backside is accessible. Jbweld might hold but what I have found is that if one of those struts break - well the tailgate, she is coming down, and pretty hard. It's dangerous actually. Mine broke while camping so then I had to use a long stick to hold the tailgate up. The other strut was still helping but if the stick got knocked out it would crash down. I had to keep telling my young niece to stay out from underneath it. I'm pretty sure it would kill a child if the gate crashed down while they were under it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonryan Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 haha yeah I have been using a broom stick for a while. The bolt hole is not accessible at the hatch unless I drill a larger hole on the other side. That might even be a better idea. I could just drill a bigger hole, get a nut on the trunk strut and bondo it back up. ding ding ding I think that's the winner. but for real, you don't realize how heavy the hatch is until the hatch struts give out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avk Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 http://www.ebay.com/itm/M6X1-0-m-m-LFK-Steel-Rivet-Nut-Rivnut-Insert-Nutsert-/370309716699?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item56382ddadb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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