[Healeys] 100 Windshield Bolt

[Bob Spidell]

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 at comcast.net 
> <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     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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