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Old 11-12-2014, 09:31 AM
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Zacharias Zacharias is offline
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Originally Posted by Stretch View Post
You could "just" weld or epoxy a M8 (is it?) nut to the place where the captive nut should be...

...or go and buy a captive nut assembly from a hardware store if you're not keen on a visit to the dealer armed with a print out of the picture in the link you posted.
JB weld or maybe quick-set metal putty might work I suppose. Did not consider that. I had thought of welding but my skills are, eh, a bit under-developed in that department.

There is no quick or painless visit to the dealer, two hour round trip and they are about $25 each apparently.... One of those Mercedes part-price anomalies that make you go HUH?
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