What I hope to do is to cut off the bolts with a grinder and cutting wheel. Then drill out the remaining bolt and somehow cut or file through the wall of the old rivnut such that I can squeeze it down and pull it out, as oppose to grinding off the flange and letting it drop down into the headliner.
Told ya my local mech at Eagle Watch Automotive is very good and reasonable. He’s a true mechanic, as opposed to a parts thrower.
Do you have a way to ratchet strap the doors to the ceiling of the the garage? That would make the job wifeless.
If you look closely there was a plastic sealer under the Rivnut. Question is should I place rubber sealing washers under the Rivnuts before installing?
This is the tool I got for installing them:
Meant to say that I have a Craftsman 1/2” digital torque wrench that broke the ratchet mechanism. It was only a 1 year warranty item. Also have 3/8” Craftsman ratchets that broke the ratchet mechanism. For awhile they’d give you the parts to repair, but no longer.
For Montana I have a 3/8”...
I hear ya, but it’s just sockets. I have a Craftsman socket wrenches and torque wrenches that they won’t honor warranty on. I need a 1/2” torque wrench for Montana, but they had the Kobalt ones locked up and I did not want to deal. I will never get another digital torque wrench as they don’t...
I got some cut off wheels for the grinder, along with a wire brush wheel for prepping the tow hitch for painting. I ordered a Rivnut tool to do the replacement. I also ordered enough bolts to cover the ‘99 and ‘94 as I will be doing this on both.