It's only captive until: --someone (hypothetically) beats on it with a hammer; --it gets rusty The nut in there is a special part (about an inch square) held on by a welded bracket. Dave Swingle --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Stuart Nicholls" <things@xxxx> wrote: > I will be very interested to find out any suggestions for this > experiment as I have a similar "hypothetical situation" this time > involving the front passenger sticker pin captive nut. (Surely the > phrase "captive" nut is in the sarcastic sense then) > > Stuart > VIN# 5641 "Maddie" > DOC 414 > > Stuart Nicholls > Emagine Productions > -----Original Message----- > From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of L. Sandel > Sent: 30 June 2005 03:24 > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [DML] Captive nut for door striker pin > > > Hypothetically speaking... > > If through some small miracle, one were to dislodge the striker pin > captive > nut and it were to fall somewhere into the body... which infill, > interior, To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/