{"id":1277,"date":"2024-08-19T02:12:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T02:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2024-08-19T02:12:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T02:12:20","slug":"coil-zert-installing-nutzerts-to-make-my-life-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2024\/08\/19\/coil-zert-installing-nutzerts-to-make-my-life-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Coil Zert: Installing Nutzerts to Make My Life Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not a repair so much as a making-my-life-easier upgrade.  When I was swapping out coils the clamp was attached with nuts, bolts and washers in a very awkward to reach spot. In the end, they just go through the chrome on the side of the Baja engine bay. Seems like a great spot for a nutzert! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6645-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6645-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6645-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6645-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6645-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6645-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How will a nutzert solve this for me? Well a nutzert or rivnut is a threaded rivet you press into a hole, eliminating the need to contort yourself to put the coil bracket on.  I have a kit from NAPA that is pictured below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6650-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6650-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6650-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6650-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6650-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6650-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6655-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6655-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6655-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6655-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6655-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6655-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6647-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6647-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6647-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6647-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6647-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6647-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you press them in they hold against the metal making your life easier. FWIW the Dorman nutzert refills have grooves on them, making a stronger bond than the smooth ones that come with the NAPA kit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6657-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6657-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6657-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6657-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6657-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_6657-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is not a repair so much as a making-my-life-easier upgrade. When I was swapping out coils the clamp was attached with nuts, bolts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1283,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277\/revisions\/1283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}