Need to make a flag nut to mount a rear tow hook. I know welding grade 8 will likely kill its' heat treatment.. Any issue welding grade 5?
Weld grade 5/8?
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I weld grade 8 all the time to make flag nuts. Won't hurt a thing and if you are the teensiest bit worried, then just do two heavy tacks opposite each other. I tend to make the hole a tight fit to the bolt, weld it, pull the nut off the bolt, remove it and then run a tap through from the nut side to clean up the hole I drilled to make the bolt easy to start.
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In case anyone is wondering how I actually know this works, we make a flag nut for the track bar. We have done versions where we used Metric Class 10.9 nuts and welded them to the flag. We do not have a single failure of the nut stripping out and we've sold a couple of 1000.
This seems simple answer just buy grade 5/8 flag nuts at Tractor Supply. Using a homemade flag nut in as critical location is probably not a good idea.
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You are correct, I buy grade 8 flag nuts at my Tractor Supply thus not running the risk of defeating the purpose of the grade 5/8 heat treating.
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You can't be serious with this comment. Maybe you should check profile information before throwing down off-handed comments. Or, are you just new to Jeeps? Or nuts in general?
I'm not looking for a flange nut. I want a flag nut. Google is your friend.
It absolutely works. I made it this morning. Should have taken pics but I didn't think it would necessary to prove it actually happened.
Here a totally useless pic of the tow hook installed and if you could see inside the frame rail, you'd see the flag welded to the nut. Worked perfectly... Thank you @mrblaine !! I almost got an offset 19mm wrench on it, but once the flag nut was made it was a joy ride to install.
Thank you to @NashvilleTJ for sending me the tow hook!
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You can't be serious with this comment. Maybe you should check profile information before throwing down off-handed comments. Or, are you just new to Jeeps? Or nuts in general?
I'm not looking for a flange nut. I want a flag nut. Google is your friend.
It absolutely works. I made it this morning. Should have taken pics but I didn't think it would necessary to prove it actually happened.
Here a totally useless pic of the tow hook installed and if you could see inside the frame rail, you'd see the flag welded to the nut. Worked perfectly... Thank you @mrblaine !! I almost got an offset 19mm wrench on it, but once the flag nut was made it was a joy ride to install.
Thank you to @NashvilleTJ for sending me the tow hook!
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Mike you are right for your right for your application, I misunderstood how you intended to use the flag nut. Thanks for correcting me.
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