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Old 05-08-2009, 10:47 AM   #99
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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen View Post
The cage holds the nut, once tight it is out of the game, so I guess you could. But if you need to remove the bolt for some reason later and can't get a wrench into there then you'll miss the cage.
Yep. As above, I'd replace the cage and nut and weld the cage down securely. If you want I guess you could weld a regular nut in there with no cage, but then you can't correct any alignment issues if the nut is off center.
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