Hi, Y'All, I'm encountering a new problem -- that obviously must be an old problem -- in removing the fenders etc. from the 1972 SuperBeetle I've acquired. Some of the squarish captive nuts in the body are torquing loose and spinning when I try to remove the fender bolts -- no matter how much PB Blaster I've soaked the bolts with the day before. I 've tried three different Vise-Grips on them but nothing will hold them -- they're soft steel that chews up easily.
A couple of them -- e.g. LF fender -- are concealed under brake-fluid reservoirs and other hardware so there's no way to get easy access to their backsides. If I end up torquing off a captive nut, is there an easy repair nut to replace it? Anybody know any good tricks before I end up butchering my sheet metal? My fenders and the body are in good shape and I plan to re-use them after stripping and repainting them. (I don't weld.) Thanks, Bert Knupp '67 Rustwagen '70 Copbug '72 Super Beetle _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
