Top preventative maintiance

[Timm]

I had two of the nuts inside my double wall top break loose. I reattached using a layer of epoxy between the nuts and the top let it cure then injected the rest of the epoxy through the nut so that it would puddle all aroind the nut on the interior of the top. I let cure again then chased the threads with a tap both nuts feel very solid. My question is would it be beneficial to do this to the rest of the nuts before they have a chance to brake loose or did I really screw the pooch with my repair? I will use never seize before reinstall.

[cleszkie]

The epoxy may or may not hold the nut. Only time will tell. I just hope it doesn't let go when the bolt is fully screwed in or you will be screwed. I would recommend using nutserts to replace the broken cage nuts. Just drill out the hole in the existing metal backing plate that the cage nut was mounted to in order to insert the appropriate size nutsert. Then install the nutsert and forget about it. Much better repair than epoxy, and a permanent fix.

[Tom Vogel]

Id use some anti seize compond on All the nuts as well.