Another (sort of stupid) Question!

Kinja'd!!! "Bandit" (2bandit)
10/21/2013 at 18:10 • Filed to: emma

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I got one of the stuck cage nuts that holds my car's body to frame off. Do I need to make a new cage or can I just weld the nut to the body instead?

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(example of broken cage)


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Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Bandit
10/21/2013 at 18:15

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I tend to favor re-caging or otherwise restoring the ability to move to the nut. It's more critical in a lot of cases than you'd think - not only for lineup ease improvement, but subtle ability to change angle and thus not short-change your bolts.

Granted, if the car's very solid, you may line up the same way every time, but it's not worth the hassle if it doesn't.


Kinja'd!!! Bandit > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/21/2013 at 18:19

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Thanks! That makes sense. Looks like I will have to build some cages then.