[Spridgets] Dead screws

Lester oldsaabguy at comcast.net
Thu May 28 14:10:52 MDT 2009


More likely that the engineer was asked by the design team, "How big a  
fastener do we need to support 5 pounds of thins steel and allow for  
some adjustment?"

The answer is over engineered with all the screws and two hinges not  
just one!  ;-)

Lester

On May 28, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Michael Rowe wrote:

> After I noticed that the threaded backing plate for the door hinges  
> is not very thick, it occurred to me that the reason they use screws  
> instead of bolts in the hinges might be to reduce the maximum torque  
> that you can apply to them, preventing strip-out.  Does that make  
> sense?
>
> Michael Rowe
> '74 Midget
> '60 Bugeye kit
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