Fitting lower valance & grille - captive nuts??

[Anthony]

The old front crossmember on my chassis had captive nuts for fitting the lower valance and front grille to

The replacement crossmember doesn't have any holes pre drilled

The parts catalogues have all the bolts and washers listed, but don't mention anything about nuts or captive ones


So - how is the lower valance and front grille meant to be fitted?
Does the bolts just thread through the chassis, or are nuts meant to be fitted

I think I'm going to weld some nuts in place, but just wanted to hear from others first

[Gt6s]

Rivinut.

[Anthony]

Nice - I've never seen those before

I'm not sure I want the 'lip' that you get on the outer face with the rivinut though

What else should I look at, or should I just weld a nut on the back side of the crossmember?

[cook1e]

1903 wrote:

Nice - I've never seen those before

I'm not sure I want the 'lip' that you get on the outer face with the rivinut though

What else should I look at, or should I just weld a nut on the back side of the crossmember?

I seem to remember using Rivnuts at work back in the 70s and countersinking the hole slightly which allowed a flush finish rather than a lip....

[James1500]

You can get countersunk rivnuts, surely a parts supplier can source some captive nuts if you're struggling as I'm sure they're fitted on lots of triumphs?