[DeTomaso] '74 Taillight Lens
Forest Goodhart
forestg at att.net
Tue Dec 1 00:21:58 EST 2015
The captured screw actually unscrews through the lens. If you unscrew the screw while pushing it against the lens it will screw right out, ie: the lens is threaded. If you try to screw in a fully threaded screw you will find that it has to strip the threads out of the lens in order to tighten. Did I make it clear as mud? Forest
From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
To: Guido deTomaso <guido_detomaso at prodigy.net>
Cc: DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] '74 Taillight Lens
> On Nov 30, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Guido deTomaso <guido_detomaso at prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> "so when they are screwed into the lens they become a captured screw
> like the factory"
> Not sure how many have locked-on to this part of the discussion, the
> holes in the lenses are / should be smaller than the thread diameter of
> the screws.
>
>>>...which should be impossible, no?
So how did they do it? Beats the heck out of me. I just spent five minutes examining an old lens with its captured screws and can't figure it out at all. It just makes no sense?
PFM....
Mike
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The captured screw actually unscrews through the lens. If you unscrew
the screw while pushing it against the lens it will screw right out,
ie: the lens is threaded. If you try to screw in a fully threaded screw
you will find that it has to strip the threads out of the lens in order
to tighten. Did I make it clear as mud?
Forest
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From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
To: Guido deTomaso <guido_detomaso at prodigy.net>
Cc: DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] '74 Taillight Lens
> On Nov 30, 2015, at 7:54 PM, Guido deTomaso
<[1]guido_detomaso at prodigy.net> wrote:
>
> "so when they are screwed into the lens they become a captured screw
> like the factory"
> Not sure how many have locked-on to this part of the discussion, the
> holes in the lenses are / should be smaller than the thread diameter
of
> the screws.
>
>>>...which should be impossible, no?
So how did they do it? Beats the heck out of me. I just spent five
minutes examining an old lens with its captured screws and can't figure
it out at all. It just makes no sense?
PFM....
Mike
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