Re Classic Enterprises Hog Troughs

[Zedman]

'Hogtroughs' in stainless steel from Classic Enterprises have been installed in my Avanti II.  The final riveting of the End Caps being completed only recently; this final job being completed by a friend, not me.  As we are now looking at re-placing the Body back on the rejuvenated Frame I wanted to check the breed of the bolts that will secure the Frame to the Hogtroughs.... These are not UNF like the originals, but are in fact all 3/8" UNC. No Problem there, I just wanted to confirm. On checking from the front to the rear I come to the last hole- the one that rests on the little 'Tag' on the side of the Rear Spring mounting fixture and found NO CAPTIVE NUT in the Hogtrough. Thinking I might have a dud box I rolled over to the left side of the Avanti to check the same and once again- no captive nut welded in there. I checked my reference photos from waaay back when I shipped them here and sure 'nuff.... no nut.  The solution is to drill rivets, remove the endcaps weld in a 3/8'UNC nut, of course, but I'd really like to figure out whether I've boobed or has somebody at the factory.   Anybody got feedback on these issue 😕?   See photos with red circles...

Edited 13 hours ago by Zedman

[brad]

You could put a nut on it before you installed the end cap. Or, you can install a nutsert threaded insert after the fact.