It sounds like some careless PO has buggered up the threads in those little net-plate things in the body. I hope you are not trying to use the wrong size bolt! Be sure that the PO has not accidentally substituted a metric bolt, etc.
Yes, the other 2 holes are for the hardtop. If those unused nut-plates rattle around work a bit of caulking or bubble-gum around them. When I got my car years and years ago, I went over the soft-top frame and replaced several missing bolts, nuts and nylon washers. It greatly improved its operation. I think you can still get those funny dome-shaped nuts and bolts. Doug Braun '72 Spit At 08:43 PM 10/30/2005 -0600, you wrote: >So I had some free time today(instead of watching "I love the 80s in 3d") and >tackled the rattling rear of the ragtop. > >It was down to just ONE bolt and nut and I was done. you know that rear plate >the back 3 button snaps hold onto to the car's body? The right securing bolt >wasn't on at all! In retrospect, it doesn't make much sense(okay, how did I >find the bolt if it wasn't on?), but here's what it boiled down to: > >THe nice shiny chrome bolt would NOT go back onto the nut "plate" thingamajig. >Oh sure, it screwed on, but you had more resistance than a lugnut on a semi >cab. I tried a different bolt, same thing. I eventually took the thick nut >out, and put in a regular one. Now it has no grip, and freely rotated. 3rd >try: just put in 2 thick washers where the nut was and put a nut+washer >underneath it. That did the trick. Now with the 2 bolts put back on, and >replacemnt nuts for the 3 screw-on buttonsnaps, that ragtop ain't rattling no >more. > >Oddly enough, no matter how tight I put the 2 mounting bolts on, there was >still some movement available. > >Another question: why are there FOUR mounting nuts on the cockpit back, when >the plate only uses 2? Hardtop? Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
