1. Registration trouble? Please use the "Contact Us" link at the bottom right corner of the page and your issue will be resolved.
    Dismiss Notice

tailgate question ?

Discussion in 'Early Jeep Restoration and Research' started by rossbos, Oct 6, 2009.

  1. Oct 6, 2009
    rossbos

    rossbos Member

    everett wa.
    Joined:
    Nov 10, 2002
    Messages:
    230
    I'm putting my restoration back together and forgot which direction the bolts go that hold the tailgate hinge in place. Is the nut on the outside or the bolt head.
     
    rossbos, Oct 6, 2009
    #1
  2. Oct 6, 2009
    nickmil

    nickmil In mothballs.

    Happy Valley, OR
    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2002
    Messages:
    12,529
    Bolt head on the outside, nut and lock washer underneath the tub
     
    nickmil, Oct 6, 2009
    #2
  3. Oct 7, 2009
    pathkiller

    pathkiller Member

    Lorton, VA
    Joined:
    Apr 17, 2005
    Messages:
    878
    Mine are just the opposite, bolt head inside, nut and washer outside. No guarantee that they are original though. I think they would look better with the bolt head out.
     
    pathkiller, Oct 7, 2009
    #3
  4. Oct 7, 2009
    Heimbig2

    Heimbig2 Member

    Richland, WA
    Joined:
    Jan 13, 2003
    Messages:
    195
    Stock from the factory was nut and lockwasher on the outside facing the rear.
     
    Heimbig2, Oct 7, 2009
    #4
  5. Oct 7, 2009
    Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

    Los Alamos, NM
    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2002
    Messages:
    8,360
    You sure?
    I've never seen one that way.
     
    Patrick, Oct 7, 2009
    #5
  6. Oct 7, 2009
    Glenn

    Glenn Kinda grumpy old man Staff Member

    Apopka, Fl
    Joined:
    Sep 21, 2002
    Messages:
    12,375
    Glenn, Oct 7, 2009
    #6
  7. Oct 7, 2009
    bkd

    bkd Moderator Supreme Staff Member 2022 Sponsor

    K-Town Tenn.
    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2007
    Messages:
    3,294
    FWIW I just went down and looked at mine (I've never had them off).....nut facing out toward the rear
    Jim S.
     
    bkd, Oct 7, 2009
    #7
  8. Oct 7, 2009
    Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

    Los Alamos, NM
    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2002
    Messages:
    8,360
    I'll be. I wonder how mine is....I guess I was ***uming.
     
    Patrick, Oct 7, 2009
    #8
  9. Oct 8, 2009
    SIDSCJ

    SIDSCJ Jeep addict

    14th State
    Joined:
    Jun 25, 2004
    Messages:
    1,189
    It all depends on the guy who put them on at the factory. A left-handed guy would hold the ratchet in his left hand, inserting the bolt from under the floor towards the rear with the nut on the outside. That would allow him to use the ratchet with his left hand, with the nut and washer on the outside. A right-handed guy would insert the bolt from the outside(with his left hand) and tighten the hardware underneath, ratchet in his right hand. So, if your nuts are on the outside, you have a left-handed CJ; if they're on the inside it's done right!!:rofl::rofl:
     
    SIDSCJ, Oct 8, 2009
    #9
  10. Oct 8, 2009
    Glenn

    Glenn Kinda grumpy old man Staff Member

    Apopka, Fl
    Joined:
    Sep 21, 2002
    Messages:
    12,375
    Hmmmmm, that's some interesting information. :rofl:
     
    Glenn, Oct 8, 2009
    #10
  11. Oct 10, 2009
    Mcruff

    Mcruff Earlycj5 Machinist

    Albertville, AL
    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2002
    Messages:
    5,349
    For 1 the factory wouldn't have used a ratchet. And assembly of parts on production lines are very specific. This way is right this way is wrong. Right or left handed would have made no difference to inspection, they would have used the 1st article guide to determine the final look not whether the production worker was right or left handed. I see to much of this crap at work from the production people yelling its easier with this hand, "fine adapt your left or right hand to do it the way its suppose to be".

    My 71 has the nuts facing out.
     
    Mcruff, Oct 10, 2009
    #11
  12. Oct 10, 2009
    Patrick

    Patrick Super Moderator Staff Member

    Los Alamos, NM
    Joined:
    Sep 22, 2002
    Messages:
    8,360
    My nuts are in....But knowing me, I put them that way, because it looks more "tidy".
    My Jeep was painted at one time before I got it, so it might have been put back together that way at that time.
     
    Patrick, Oct 10, 2009
    #12
  13. Oct 10, 2009
    TigerShark

    TigerShark Sponsor

    St. Louis, MO
    Joined:
    May 27, 2004
    Messages:
    333
    OK, I didn't believe that they would be nut side out, so I checked my reference pictures from an unaltered mid 60's CJ-5 and it clearly shows nuts out.

    [​IMG]

    Jim
     
    TigerShark, Oct 10, 2009
    #13
  14. Oct 13, 2009
    nickmil

    nickmil In mothballs.

    Happy Valley, OR
    Joined:
    Sep 23, 2002
    Messages:
    12,529
    I too checked the '67 I just got and the nuts are out and the hinges definitely have not been off. Surprised the heck out of me, all the other Early's I've had the bolt heads were out. Must have been off at one time or another.
     
    nickmil, Oct 13, 2009
    #14
  15. Oct 13, 2009
    Admiral Cray

    Admiral Cray I want to do this again.. Staff Member

    Bainbridge...
    Joined:
    Sep 21, 2009
    Messages:
    204,351
    The Jeep Universal Parts Catalog show the nut on the outside in the parts drawing, Group 31 - L6. My 1966 CJ5 in I bought 1969 had the nut out and I think it was original.

    Cary 8)
     
    Admiral Cray, Oct 13, 2009
    #15
  16. Oct 18, 2009
    CJ

    CJ Member

    Phoenix, Arizona
    Joined:
    Mar 5, 2006
    Messages:
    200
    This is my understanding as well. Only on the later models did they put in a nutsert and have the bolt head to the outside.
     
    CJ, Oct 18, 2009
    #16
New Posts