Broken bolts on cab on Drop Visor

weld a nut onto the broken bolt or else weld a washer on first and then a nut too the washer. They really should have fixed it, since they broke it

 

That should be a nut sert. It takes a 1/4 inch bolt and all you can see on the outside will look like a thin aluminum washer and the wrung off bolt will be in the middle. You can take a grinder and carefully grind the part that looks like a washer down almost flush with the cab. Then take a punch slightly smaller than the diameter of the nut sert and drive it back in to the cab. Then go to a fastner service store or a truck dealership and get another nut sert for a 1/4 inch bolt they will show you how to take a bolt and nut and install the new nut sert.

 

is using an easy out not an option? or maybe they don't make them that small.

 

I forgot they wrung it off and then quit before they got it removed from the truck. There is a piece of aluminum that sticks up in the way if you remove the head liner. On mine I had to remove the headliner, the sunvisors,the cb radio, the liner above the cb, and then finally the plastic piece on the door post. That nut sert extends through the cab for at least a half inch and is expanded on the back side to lock that nut sert in place. If you can get a dremel tool with a cutting wheel in there to cut it off you might be able to tap it out if you can pull your visor away from the cab for enough to get the room you need. If you do this you could bolt it back up with a 1/4 inch bolt but, in my case it was easier to take the visor off. I wrung off all four bolts, unbolted the visor from the rest of the window brackets, cut off the nut serts and installed the new ones and put the visor back on in less time than it took me to drop the head liner. When it happened to me I had no idea what a nut sert was.

 

I have one about 3/16".

A small drill bit and easy out along with some penetrating oil would be my first option. If all else fails drill and tap. Use your easy out hole and work your way up to a bit about 1/16" less than the original hole and then try the same size tap. If not you might have to oversize one size.

 

If you drill it and try an easy out you'll just end up spinning the nutsert. The only way to get it out was mentioned above by grinding the head off and using a punch to push it into the cab.