Dead '08 (no electrical)
Melting Slicks
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From: PNW Cougar Country WA
2021 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
C6 of Year Finalist (stock) 2019
Temp. fix, get some small washers that fit. Some smaller than the other. Put them under the bolt and see if you can tighten them in without going through the hole for the nut. Or get a small nut and put it in over the bolt.....about the size, little bigger than the bottom of the nut in the pic. Just Saying. 
If you have a grinder, grind a nut down to fit in there, threads don't have to match as long as it goes on. Put your nut on top, GL
Another Corvette design beauty, must be jobs open there for someone can imitate other cars for this stuff.
If you have a grinder, grind a nut down to fit in there, threads don't have to match as long as it goes on. Put your nut on top, GLAnother Corvette design beauty, must be jobs open there for someone can imitate other cars for this stuff.
Last edited by NOWUCME; Aug 5, 2017 at 02:09 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Edmond Oklahoma
NowU.... That was my original idea. I went to Ace Hardware and found nothing that would work. The M8 washers are way too big to fit in the hole. I also looked at aluminum and plastic spacers too. I thought about filing washers down in a vice with my dremel and notching the spacers they were but too big. The bottom taper is actually smaller than the flange nut.
Last edited by LowRyter; Aug 5, 2017 at 04:32 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Edmond Oklahoma
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From: Trussville AL
Same thing happened to me, went in for an oil change. When I went to crank, click. I checked everything, mechanic friend said STARTER!
No way no previous issues, he pulled it and put 12 volts direct nothing, locked. I went and bought a new starter and drove it home.
Go figure .....
No way no previous issues, he pulled it and put 12 volts direct nothing, locked. I went and bought a new starter and drove it home.
Go figure .....
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Melting Slicks
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From: Edmond Oklahoma
I got the nut today. Thanks EV.
Actually the design of the cable connectors is pretty neat. One nut holds the cable down and also clamps the connector. It's also easy to loosen and fasten.
But if you lose that nut you could be dead in the water. If I never gotten the replacement nut, I'd have to replace the cable end connectors.
Actually the design of the cable connectors is pretty neat. One nut holds the cable down and also clamps the connector. It's also easy to loosen and fasten.
But if you lose that nut you could be dead in the water. If I never gotten the replacement nut, I'd have to replace the cable end connectors.
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From: Las Vegas NV
Thank you Bill!
You're welcome Low!
I got the nut today. Thanks EV.
Actually the design of the cable connectors is pretty neat. One nut holds the cable down and also clamps the connector. It's also easy to loosen and fasten.
But if you lose that nut you could be dead in the water. If I never gotten the replacement nut, I'd have to replace the cable end connectors.
Actually the design of the cable connectors is pretty neat. One nut holds the cable down and also clamps the connector. It's also easy to loosen and fasten.
But if you lose that nut you could be dead in the water. If I never gotten the replacement nut, I'd have to replace the cable end connectors.
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