Threaded Inserts

Jeeps come with a lot of sheet metal screws holding stuff together. Of particular note are the screws the hold on the tops (hard and soft) to the windshield frame. Frequent swapping of tops can quickly wear out the easily-stripped holes in the sheet metal.

Threaded inserts are a solution. The inserts install like "pop rivets", and leave you with a nice machine thread that you can put a conventional machine screw into.

Here are a picture of one brand of inserts and tool that I use.

HeliCoil brand	Tool P/N 60931	Tool and box of inserts	Just a few inserts left
Mandrel and nosepiece for 8-32 screws	Some inserts	Insert closeup	Insert in windshield frame
In tub under liftgate	Backside of insert (gooped up with silicone>	Slightly better shot	Inserts on other side
Data on the inserts	Data on the mandrel	Info on package	Available sizes

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