Rear Wing bolts and access

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  • 5th October 2016 at 7:19 pm #4624
    Anonymous

      Hi everyone,
      I just did a search on here looking for bodywork info as I noticed that offside rear wing bolt at the bottom nearest the door is missing its nut and the seal is loose. I can see the end of the bolt and tried put a magnet on it to see if it would come out. Sadly not!!

      How is accessed? presumably from inside but does the rear seat need to come out to get at it? any hints would be most welcome

      11th October 2016 at 5:53 pm #7722
      Anonymous

        Anyone got any pictures or diagrams of wing fixings?

        12th October 2016 at 3:36 am #7723
        Anonymous

          Do you have any pictures of your particular situation? On the rear wings, there are captive nuts welded into the body and the wings are bolted from outside. So, not sure what you mean about a bolt being lost and by seal, you mean the rubber beading between the wing and the body?

          13th October 2016 at 2:58 pm #7724
          Anonymous

            I have posted a couple of pictures regarding the rear wing fixing. These are from a pre-war car where there is a large hole to allow access to the suspension arm. As you may be able to see…the captive nut is within the “space” between the inner and outer sills. Post war cars do not have this access hole. I believe the only way to repair the captive nut is to cut open the sill, fix and make good!

            Probably should have annotated them – bolt securing the wing is on the right side of the “hole” covered in crud.

            (this is a 1939 Light 12…unrestored….!!!)

            19th October 2016 at 3:55 pm #7725
            Anonymous

              @L.Lewis wrote:

              Do you have any pictures of your particular situation? On the rear wings, there are captive nuts welded into the body and the wings are bolted from outside. So, not sure what you mean about a bolt being lost and by seal, you mean the rubber beading between the wing and the body?

              Hi there,

              Sorry, yes i meant the rubber beading and if there is an internal nut welded inside the sill then that means that the head of the bolt is missing and the welded nut is no longer attached to the body. Not to worry I have found a way around the problem but thank you for the reply and for the help at least it confirms what I was looking at and how its put together.

              19th October 2016 at 4:03 pm #7726
              Anonymous

                Forgot to say thank you for the pictures very helpful sadly I haven’t got any to show at present

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