# need help with nerf bar mounting, possibly a shop **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588 "2010-01-25T06:48:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/1 "2010-01-25T06:48:08Z")
here’s the deal, i bought nerf bars for my car. (round side step bars) i went to put them on, which should have been pretty straight forward. i get under the car to find that some of the holes that were pre-drilled and threaded from the factory for this sort of thing, are stripped. i was wondering if someone could point me in the direction a shop or someone that could either drill out and rethread the holes or come up with some sort of viable yet reasonable priced solution to this problem. or, if i’m completely missing something, advice would be great too. if it matters, it’s an '05 crv. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/2 "2010-01-25T06:49:57Z")
how did holes that were never used for anything strip out? ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/3 "2010-01-25T06:53:22Z")
i’d love to know that myself. i did buy the car used, so either a previous owner had them and fucked something up, or they simply corroded beyond use over the past 4 years. edit: looking at the mounting holes, they look like they, at some point, were threaded holes, not just holes. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/4 "2010-01-25T06:56:22Z")
Hmm, is the hole through a pinch weld or does it go into a rail? If the latter, the easiest solution I envision is drilling a fairly large hole in the rail that will clearance a nut, welding a nut to a plate then tacking the plate over the hole w/ the nut inside. I wouldn’t trust a threadsert in this application. Though that doesn’t really help you, as it seems you don’t want to DIY. This might be something turbociv would do… ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/5 "2010-01-25T07:05:51Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Hmm, is the hole through a pinch weld or does it go into a rail? If the latter, the easiest solution I envision is drilling a fairly large hole in the rail that will clearance a nut, welding a nut to a plate then tacking the plate over the hole w/ the nut inside. I wouldn’t trust a threadsert in this application. > > Though that doesn’t really help you, as it seems you don’t want to DIY. This might be something turbociv would do… that sounds like a perfectly reasonable solution, i simply cannot do it myself because i don’t have the tools for that kind of job, even though it would ultimately not be a complicated task. i know this shouldn’t be a hard thing to do, i guess i’m looking for a suggestion of a place that will do this without pulling my pants down on the price. fwiw, the rest of the underbody isn’t showing signs of decay. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/6 "2010-01-25T07:09:27Z")
PM turbociv. ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/7 "2010-01-25T07:15:26Z")
word, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Bronco32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bronco32/32/7358_2.png) [@Bronco32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bronco32)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/8 "2010-01-25T07:35:36Z")
is their room to cut the old nut off? Then just get new nuts and nut and bolt it? Or maybe drill out the nut and maybe get a longer bolt then nut and bolt it, either way is pretty simple if you can cut that nut off. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/9 "2010-01-25T07:40:50Z")
I’m betting it’s recessed in a frame rail. ---
**Author:** ![Bronco32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bronco32/32/7358_2.png) [@Bronco32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bronco32)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/10 "2010-01-25T07:48:40Z")
^^^ I agree. At least it not a solid steel frame like older trucks. ---
**Author:** ![vt1992s10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/73ab20/32.png) [@vt1992s10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vt1992s10)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/11 "2010-01-25T15:41:17Z")
I am 90% sure they are nutserts on those style CRVs. I know that is how the side steps are installed on 06+ ridgelines. you might be able to run a tap thru them and clean the threads up (I don’t know the thread). For replacement I believe you drill them out then there is a special toll to install new ones. ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/12 "2010-01-25T22:16:25Z")
> [@Bronco32](#): > > is their room to cut the old nut off? Then just get new nuts and nut and bolt it? > > Or maybe drill out the nut and maybe get a longer bolt then nut and bolt it, either way is pretty simple if you can cut that nut off. no nut to cut off because… > [@newman](#): > > I’m betting it’s recessed in a frame rail. > [@vt1992s10](#): > > I am 90% sure they are nutserts on those style CRVs. I know that is how the side steps are installed on 06+ ridgelines. you might be able to run a tap thru them and clean the threads up (I don’t know the thread). For replacement I believe you drill them out then there is a special toll to install new ones. right, now who can do it for me? ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/13 "2010-01-25T22:20:49Z")
So much talk of cutting your nuts off in this thread…didnt know you picked up a CRV? Any other plans yet or just this? ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/14 "2010-01-31T06:19:41Z")
> [@bobbyg1243](#): > > So much talk of cutting your nuts off in this thread…didnt know you picked up a CRV? Any other plans yet or just this? the girlfriend took my nuts a loooong time ago, buddy. yeah, i’ve been driving this thing for a couple months now. no other future plans for this dd. also, my friend’s dad had a lift and air gun so we got this shit taken care of. installation went a lot better with the car in the air and some real tools. thanks for all the suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![vt1992s10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/73ab20/32.png) [@vt1992s10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vt1992s10)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/15 "2010-01-31T09:48:31Z")
> [@Bull49](#): > > right, now who can do it for me? The only place that I know that has a nutsert tool is any Honda Dealership, they would probably charge an hour or two. but that might get costly, but most work flat rate so it could be a benefit for you, depending on who much a pain in the ass they are. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/16 "2010-01-31T13:46:41Z")
> [@Bull49](#): > > the girlfriend took my nuts a loooong time ago, buddy. > > yeah, i’ve been driving this thing for a couple months now. no other future plans for this dd. > > also, my friend’s dad had a lift and air gun so we got this shit taken care of. installation went a lot better with the car in the air and some real tools. > > thanks for all the suggestions. Now the real question is, which of us lost them first? lol ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/17 "2010-01-31T14:02:25Z")
Can’t you just tap the hole? ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-nerf-bar-mounting-possibly-a-shop/78588/18 "2010-01-31T18:03:58Z")
> [@vt1992s10](#): > > The only place that I know that has a nutsert tool is any Honda Dealership, they would probably charge an hour or two. but that might get costly, but most work flat rate so it could be a benefit for you, depending on who much a pain in the ass they are. > [@Hass](#): > > Can’t you just tap the hole? all taken care of guys, thanks.