Center console door

[hotrod05]

 On the center glove box door there are 5 posts that are suppose to be attached to the metal flange with 5 self tapping nuts. All 5 posts are stripped and the nuts do not catch the posts anymore. Any suggestions on how I am fix this without buying a new door. Thanks for the help.

[kab69440]

Did you try new nuts? The threads are not terribly deep to begin with and those stamped nuts will not take much torque to strip.

[cdr]

i dont remember what size , but i taped them & put regular nuts on them  #6, 8, or 10 not sure

[hotrod05]

I did try new nuts, the post are not long enough to catch the nut anymore. I am going to try to tap them and put on regular nuts and a small washer. The cast aluminum is very soft so I'll see what happens. Thanks for the advise.

[Brock Lee]

I did what you are thinking about doing. Tapped the stems for real nuts. It has been working fine so far. I do think I had to use lock washers with them as with the flat washers, the nuts loosened up over time. It was 10 years ago, so I am not 100% on that, but I seem to remember having to make that change.

[mopar0166]

GOOD IDEA !!