Captive Nut

[Hanaldo]

Does anyone know what sort of nut i am meant to use to attach my front bar to the body? And where i can get them from?

Just going through the process of fixing up some of the things the previous owner did, and i noticed he lost a bolt and nut from the front bar so it wobbles around and looks quite flimsy. I would use one of the other nuts as an example, but i cant get them out so i dunno what they look like.

Cheers for any help,

Martin

[Hanaldo]

No one knows?

[Craved]

so front bar to the guard?

cant you use a regular bolt with a lock nut?

havent pulled apart an r34 yet, so hard to know on your model specifically

[Hanaldo]

so front bar to the guard?

cant you use a regular bolt with a lock nut?

havent pulled apart an r34 yet, so hard to know on your model specifically

Well it could work, except i cant get my hand or a tool in to where the nut goes to hold it and stop it turning, which i assume would be why they used captive nuts in the first place

[Craved]

well - then you could use a nutsert/rivnut but that will only work of the hole in the guard is round, not square like on the 33's

best bet is to find someone wrecking a 34 and see if you can get the "nut" from the guard

[TaKz]

i got this problem with one side of my guards

just cable tied it for now

i had nut and bolt and it just kept undoing itself

i want to try put a cable tie below the bolt to see if it would stop it from undoing itself?

[cosmic starz]

No one knows?

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see the attached pic for guidance

if its the really hard to get at one 1/2 way along side of bar its about $1-60 from your local Nissan dealer - there is no nut just a phillips head screw going straight into a plastic connector that is a one-way special fit into a hole in the metal part of the guard- in some cases (in my R34) the screw is angled in the connector so as to pull the bar in correct alignment as it is screwed in - to remove it should unscrew ok unless the plastic has been stripped or somone has put in a makeshift non-standard repair - your bar should be closely like the one in the pic - if necessary to try to get enough access undo the last connector (closest to wheel opening) again this is a screw straight into plastic fitting, and just pull the guard out it flexes a fair bit - the engine/underbody fairing is a bloody nuisance so you will need to loosen and try to push it aside also if possible