Body bolt won’t thread back in.

[-AINOKEA-]

Alright guys, as some of you have seen, I’m having a helluva time getting these evo bombers installed. Not issues with the product, but more so my lack of experience. Anyway, I loosened the rear most body bolt a little too much, so it dropped out. When I stick it back up there, there’s nothing to thread back into. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I’m stumped. There’s nothing to reach up with a wrench to hold anything on the backside. Faaaaak myyyy liiiiife.


Edit: looks like the nut shifted over. How do I get access up there to move the nut back over where it should be? It’s all sealed up.



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[OverlanderJK]

Can you use a screwdriver or some sort of pry tool to move it over?


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[-AINOKEA-]

Can you use a screwdriver or some sort of pry tool to move it over?


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My mechanic neighbor is over here wrenching on it. Think he’s dropping that canister lookin thing. So see if we can get a little more room in there to move it. He said if that nut is tack welded, pretty much gonna have to pull the body to get another one in there. Hope that’s not the case.


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[-AINOKEA-]

Neighbor saved my ass. Fortunately it’s a flag nut. He put it back in place and got it threaded again. He also helped install the rest of the nutserts, tapped them all and put the sliders on. No spinners on that side. Whew!


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[OverlanderJK]

Neighbor saved my ass. Fortunately it’s a flag nut. He put it back in place and got it threaded again. He also helped install the rest of the nutserts, tapped them all and put the sliders on. No spinners on that side. Whew!


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Nice dude!


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[Napalm]

Neighbor saved my ass. Fortunately it’s a flag nut. He put it back in place and got it threaded again. He also helped install the rest of the nutserts, tapped them all and put the sliders on. No spinners on that side. Whew!


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Great success! Glad you were able to get it!!

JL/JT body mount bolts SUCK


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[wjtstudios]

Glad you got it all back together. Those are tough days when things don’t go exactly right


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[JKbrick]

Neighbor saved my ass. Fortunately it’s a flag nut. He put it back in place and got it threaded again. He also helped install the rest of the nutserts, tapped them all and put the sliders on. No spinners on that side. Whew!


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Sounds like a great neighbor


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[Ddays]

Good neighbors are awesome. One of the cool things I like about living in the sticks - if I can't do something one of my two distant neighbors can usually help with an issue. :thumb: