Details

• Brand:

  

  

• SKU:

  W712160-S300

• Positions: Left Outer, Left Upper, Right Outer, Right Upper, Outer, Outer Upper, Front Outer, Front Upper
• Other Names:

  Radiator Support Panel Nut, Mount Panel Retainer Nut, Grille Nut, Headlight Mounting Nut, Headlamp Assembly Nut, Upper Mount Nut, Radiator Support Nut, Headlamp Nut, Radiator Support Retainer Nut, Headlamp Housing Nut, Radiator Support Access Cover Nut, Sight Shield Nut, Bumper Cover Support Rail Nut, Side Support Nut, Nut Special

• Description:

  This is the genuine Ford headlamp assembly retainer nut, the fastener that secures the headlight housing to its mounting studs and brackets on the front end structure. Ford catalogs it as a Headlamp Assembly Nut and as a Headlamp Assembly Retainer Nut, listed as a support nut in the front upper position, and it is used across a broad range of Ford vehicles including Bronco, Expedition, F-150, F-250, F-350 and F-450 Super Duty and the Lincoln Navigator, which is why the factory catalog shows it as shared hardware rather than a single model part. Functionally this nut clamps the headlamp mounting tab to the radiator support or fender bracket and holds lamp aim and body gap where the assembly plant set them. It is a retained nut design with a captive washer face that spreads load across the plastic mounting ear so the ear does not crush or crack under torque. Buyers need this part when a headlamp rattles or shifts out of alignment, when the mounting nut was lost or seized and destroyed during a front end repair, bumper cover removal or grille replacement, or when corrosion has welded the original hardware to the stud and it had to be cut off. A missing retainer allows the lamp to vibrate against the body, which cracks the mounting tab and lets moisture and dust migrate into the lamp housing. Ford treats this fastener as a replace on service item because the retention feature relaxes once it has been run down and backed off. This is factory Ford hardware manufactured to the original thread, coating and retention specification.

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