License plate screw spinning , what can i do???

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geralmjcj - 1/27/2005 12:50 AM

I just bought those parts 2 months ago for $3.86 each from the dealership, the labor to put it in is 1 1/2 hours so I decided to do DIY. The only difficult part is trying to pull the plastic cover of the liftgate without destroying the fragile plastic clips that hold the the cover.there is a tool in Advance Autoparts that is specially for this purpose around $7.99( i really do not know the exact name) but it looks like a long screwdriver with two prongs on the tip.it is in the tool section.After all the clips have been pull you have to slide the plastic cover upward so as not to break a plastic hook that attaches on the upper portion of the cover near the glass.Reverse this procedure to replace. I use clear epoxy to attach the rivet on to the metal frame as I do not have the riveting tool. It hasnot fall-off yet so I guess it works.

Seems like you went to all the trouble to do the job right until the epoxy part. I bet if you drove to the dealership ready to just have a rivet nut set in place, they would have done that for you while you waited. Epoxy may hold but that really depends on your surface preparation.

Has anyone ever bought a rivet nut tool? Comments?