Reinstalling doghouse

[Sli22sli]

I recently took off my doghouse on my 2016 Axis 24.1 to see what insulation it had. It was virtually none - there were 2 small pads on the engine. I’ll have to insulate the doghouse.

My question has to do with the 2 big screws/bolts that hold the doghouse on the floor In front. They were tightly screwed in when I removed it but did not tighten up when I reinstalled it. I looked under the Axis but there were no nuts that had fallen. Has anyone run into this problem and what’s the fix.

Sli22sli

[ducksface]

I would consider 1/4-20 captive nuts on the bottom of the floor.

They self install by tightening the bolt.

https://www.amazon.com/IEUYO-Pronged...NsaWNrPXRydWU=

The screws were installed for economy and are not the best fastener for the cover.

[taylorbob1]

I’ll usually place a small shim inside the stripped hole

[ducksface]

Originally Posted by taylorbob1

I’ll usually place a small shim inside the stripped hole

I used to(maybe still do) have some lightweight window screen like patches you wrapped around the screw threads to retread a stripped screw hole.

I now wrap a wire into the screws threads and then screw the screw in to do a reseat.sometimes it goes right in, sometimes it really jacks with me. Solder works well.