On the underside of my CF hardtop, the screw on one of the latches that secure the hardtop to the car began backing out and my car rattles like hell on the highway. After hearing wind leak in I found that the screw on the latch was backing out. The one backing out isn't stripped, the other one is. I'll get pics up soon, but the bolt is going in at a 70* angle or so (90* would be proper).

What's the most practical way to repair this? I searched online and people mentioned JB-weld, marine-tex, locktite, epoxy, etc. I guess redrilling would be the proper way, but since the latch is really never coming off if possible I would prefer a permanent solution I can do myself with basic tools. I'm gonna try to figure it out on the weekend since I'm not sure how stripped the screw is and report back with pics

Any suggestions or past tutorials? Thanks in advance

 

What size is the fastener? Is it a bolt or a screw?

I'm thinking riv-nut if it's a bolt.

 

its a screw with the standard honda threads (same as 10mm bolts for all honda body panels). I don't think it'd be too hard to switch over either way

 

My suggestion to you is to get new hardware for thestripped one to be replaced. then you want to measure with tape measure or micing tool to find out how thick your roof is so you know how far you have to drill\holesaw without going all the way through.If you know a little about polyester resin or epoxy(which ever materials your roof is made of)this will help out alot with reglassing in your bolt.note when holesawing into your roof go with the tightus holesaw that way you dont have to use so much aerosil to fill and glue back in your hardware(IMPORTANT;make sure you put painters tape over the threads or else you'll never get it to work.) By gluing I mean glassing in.So when gluing what every threads you need to screw down tape up,but what ever threads is going to be under the glue make sure not to have any tape there because the threads will act as an anchor when screwing down the roof.leave a small void at the top,dont over fill your hole with the glue so you dont have to sand at all yet.then you get you cover piece ready cf/fiberglass to fill that small void and match the level of you height and make sure to overlap you materials at least by an inch so you get some strength to your reglass.last but not least sand till your desired finish.I have already reglassed in new hardware to a mugen hard top for a buddys s2000 Iwish I took some pictures so I could show you exactly what I mean. Maybe my friend took some pictures of the reglassing process while fixing her roof,i'll have to ask her if she did. I hope this may help you with out having to buy a new roof .This should only cost you $80 well I live in hawaii so materials for you should be around 35-40 bucks to do this, better then paying almost 2 grand for anew roof.Hope this helps you out