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You know the good ol' stupid thought, "Hey, this will take just a few minutes..."
Well, Monday night, I started installing seat covers on my '97 ZJ. Instead of doing the contortionist bit, i decided to pull the seats to put the covers on. Passenger seat was no problem, but when my 13 year old son tried to remove one of the back bolts on the driver seat, he took the head off the bolt. My 17 year old then said, "Let me do the other one" which was immediately followed by "Ooops" when the head snapped off the other bolt. They're learning....
Vise grips, PB Blaster, etc. - nothing worked. Ended up smacking the bolts with my BFH and knocking the nuts off the underside of the body. To get it temporarily moving, I used some hardened bolts. However, it's definitely not the best fix, so I'm going to fix it right on Saturday.
After that longwinded intro, here's the question: Should I simply use hardened steel bolts, washers, nuts and Locktite, or should I have someone tack-weld the nuts back to the underside of the Jeep?
Well, Monday night, I started installing seat covers on my '97 ZJ. Instead of doing the contortionist bit, i decided to pull the seats to put the covers on. Passenger seat was no problem, but when my 13 year old son tried to remove one of the back bolts on the driver seat, he took the head off the bolt. My 17 year old then said, "Let me do the other one" which was immediately followed by "Ooops" when the head snapped off the other bolt. They're learning....
Vise grips, PB Blaster, etc. - nothing worked. Ended up smacking the bolts with my BFH and knocking the nuts off the underside of the body. To get it temporarily moving, I used some hardened bolts. However, it's definitely not the best fix, so I'm going to fix it right on Saturday.
After that longwinded intro, here's the question: Should I simply use hardened steel bolts, washers, nuts and Locktite, or should I have someone tack-weld the nuts back to the underside of the Jeep?
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