[Spridgets] oil pan bolt size*

[dlancer7676 at comcast.net]

Nope, not irrelevant since we are looking at the definition of a "screw" vs. a "bolt".  This is one definition, among several, that defines a bolt as having a "nut".  We are not talking about the thread size.  8^)

--David C.
WOULD A FLY WITHOUT WINGS BE CALLED A WALK?


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Guy Weller" <guy.weller at tiscali.co.uk>
> ASME definition is irrelevant as it is a UNC thread. It is British car, why
> would it have American machine screws (or American bolts) ?
> 
> Guy
> 
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> [mailto:spridgets-bounces+guy.weller=tiscali.co.uk at autox.team.net]On Behalf
> Of David Lieb
> Sent: 13 June 2008 14:56
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> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] oil pan bolt size
> 
> 
> > "ASME B18.2.1 defines a bolt as 'an externally threaded fastener designed
> > for insertion through the holes in assembled parts, and is normally
> > intended to be tightened or released by torquing a nut'."
> >
> > So the fastener that holds the pan to the engine would technically be
> > called a screw, although I, too, refer to it as a bolt, since it does not
> > have a slot, a point, nor is it conical, as a screw (shut up Ed) is to my
> > way of thinking.  But then, again, it has no nut, so it fits the above
> > description of a "screw".     8^)
> 
> But what is the ASME definition of a screw? It almost sounds like screw is
> asuperset of bolt.
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From: "Guy Weller" <guy.weller at tiscali.co.uk>
To: "'David Lieb'" <dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com>, "'Spridget List'"
  <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] oil pan bolt size
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:04:30 +0000
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