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Old 20th March 2016, 11:54 PM
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Hey guys, I recently had a garage replace my old battery with a genuine VAG one. As to be expected they somehow messed it up. Battery has been coded to the car etc so all good there. However it seems to be sitting a little loose on its resting place. The bolt goes thru the retainer however i can't seem to be able to tighten it down securely. Take a look at some pictures..Is there something missing below the slot where the clamp goes?

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Old 24th March 2016, 11:13 AM
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So they just place the bolt back in the hole knowing it wasn't going to do up????

I'd expect it to have a captive nut in that hole, not 100% sure how it's done in a D3
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Old 24th March 2016, 11:39 AM
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Think your missing an M8 rivet nut.

Part number N 90864102

You need a special tool normally to spread them out so the stay fastened but you can make do with a bolt washer and nut and tighten the nut down on the inserted bolt and washer to squash the nut.

I not really good at explaining things like this but its easy once you have seen how they work.

Its like an overgrown pop rivet but with threads through the middle.

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Old 24th March 2016, 07:03 PM
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Yep, you are missing a captive nut- happened to me too.

The tricky thing is that it isnt a rivnut, but knurled, so the hole is bigger than a normal M8 rivnut. For mine, i ended up fitting an M10 ally rivnut and drilled out the other parts to fit the larger bolt.
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Old 25th March 2016, 12:11 AM
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Thanks for the reply guys.. any chance you'd be kind enough to post some pictures from your car's battery bay please.. many thanks
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Smack a piece of hard wood on the whole and use a wood screw
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Looks like it was fused to the plate from below so your gonna have to get creative like already mentioned and fit a bigger rivnut
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Old 25th March 2016, 11:59 PM
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Looks like it was fused to the plate from below so your gonna have to get creative like already mentioned and fit a bigger rivnut
cool.. cheers buddy. much appreciated
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