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re: " ... said little screw was left hand thread ..."
What he said. But, I need to replace both. BCS came through (again).
Bob
On 9/18/2021 8:44 PM, Michael Salter wrote:
> Wait, wait, wait ... the shouldered bolt is right hand thread on both
> sides however early cars were BSF thread and later cars UNF thread.
> The little screw that goes into the end of the bolt to prevent the
> knurled knob from being unscrewed before removing said little screw
> was left hand thread.
> Actually a great idea but engineeringly poor because a decent crank on
> the knurled knob could fairly easily shear off the little screw.
> I believe most of the repro screws use a right hand thread for the
> little screw with a touch of Loctite.
> Actually turned up a pair yesterday from stainless steel.
>
> M
>
>
> On Sat., Sep. 18, 2021, 9:55 p.m. Bob Spidell, <bspidell@comcast.net
>
> Since the List is moribund; I'll throw this out: Anyone know where to
> get the correct 'shouldered bolt' and screw for the driver (LHD) side
> windshield securing knob? The correct one is left-hand thread; but my
> dad didn't know that and drilled the original out. Here's the Moss
> replacement, which is right-hand thread:
>
> https://mossmotors.com/bolt-shouldered-with-screw
> <https://mossmotors.com/bolt-shouldered-with-screw>
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re: " ... said little screw was left hand thread ..."<br>
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What he said. But, I need to replace both. BCS came through (again).<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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<div dir="auto">Wait, wait, wait ... the shouldered bolt is right
hand thread on both sides however early cars were BSF thread and
later cars UNF thread.
<div dir="auto">
<div dir="auto">The little screw that goes into the end of the
bolt to prevent the knurled knob from being unscrewed before
removing said little screw was left hand thread. </div>
<div dir="auto">Actually a great idea but engineeringly poor
because a decent crank on the knurled knob could fairly
easily shear off the little screw.</div>
<div dir="auto">I believe most of the repro screws use a right
hand thread for the little screw with a touch of Loctite.</div>
<div dir="auto">Actually turned up a pair yesterday from
stainless steel.</div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">M</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat., Sep. 18, 2021, 9:55
p.m. Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net";
moz-do-not-send="true">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Since the
List is moribund; I'll throw this out: Anyone know where to <br>
get the correct 'shouldered bolt' and screw for the driver
(LHD) side <br>
windshield securing knob? The correct one is left-hand thread;
but my <br>
dad didn't know that and drilled the original out. Here's the
Moss <br>
replacement, which is right-hand thread:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://mossmotors.com/bolt-shouldered-with-screw";
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://mossmotors.com/bolt-shouldered-with-screw</a><br>
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