[Healeys] Door Hinge center bolt

[Michael Salter]

Just an update.
[image: image.png]
This is a picture of a hinge on B.# 1267, a very original 5000 mile car and
the bolts are in place however, upon close inspection I notice that they
are marked WILEY B which means that they were BSF, not UNF as I had thought.

M



On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:21 AM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink at msn.com> wrote:

> I never noticed the holes were threaded. I just used them to position the
> threaded plate while attempting to start the hinge screws. Maybe they were
> used for that and the extra screw removed after the hinge was in place.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Michael
> Salter via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 22, 2020 12:58 PM
> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] Door Hinge center bolt
>
> The earliest 100s have "flat" hinges. In addition to the 4 countersink
> screws securing the hinges to the door post there is a single hex head
> 5/16" UNF screw in the center of the hinge plate.
> These screws can cause problems after they are installed because they can
> prevent the hinges from closing completely and can cause distortion of the
> hinge mount(s).
> I'm completely at a loss to understand a purpose for these screws ... does
> anyone have any idea why they are there?
>
> Thanks,
>
> M
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20200722/bc8e0630/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1116365 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20200722/bc8e0630/attachment.png>