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| | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 77 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 77 | Hi,
Can anyone tell me if the tail light lenses were held in by sheetmetal screws, or something like an 8-32 or 10-32 machine screw?
I suspect mine were all stripped and that explains the #10 sheetmetal screws.
Thanks.
Pete | | | | | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,780 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,780 | I believe that they ere 8/32 machine screws. This is what other years use. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 77 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 77 | I believe that they ere 8/32 machine screws. This is what other years use. Thank you! Pete | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 | Sorry for the late reply--I just remembered to go out and check, and my '62 Suburban has sheet metal screws holding the tail light lenses in.
I believe these to be original, as I've pulled another set of lenses off a junkyard Suburban and they also had sheetmetal screws, and the spare tail light housings I have from Ebay don't have any kind of boss, screw or anything with enough metal to support machine screw threads.
-Brad
SOUTHERN FALL GABfestOctober 6 ~ Commerce, Georgia Details here!Never Pee on an Electric Fence. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 77 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 77 | Sorry for the late reply--I just remembered to go out and check, and my '62 Suburban has sheet metal screws holding the tail light lenses in.
I believe these to be original, as I've pulled another set of lenses off a junkyard Suburban and they also had sheetmetal screws, and the spare tail light housings I have from Ebay don't have any kind of boss, screw or anything with enough metal to support machine screw threads.
-Brad Brad, That makes sense as that is what I see on mine. They were #10 screws I think, I wonder if they could have been #8's originally? Thanks. Pete | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 | I don't know the size... or really even where to check! But the screw head fits nicely in the recess of the lens.
There isn't a lot of play between the diameter of the screw, and the ID of the hole in the plastic lens.
-Brad
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