Date:         Sat, 7 Dec 2019 11:55:16 -0500
Reply-To:     "John H. Lauterbach" <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM>
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From:         "John H. Lauterbach" <john@JHL.MGACOXMAIL.COM>
Organization: Lauterbach & Associates, LLC
Subject:      Re: Countersunk screws on latch on rear of the sliding door
Comments: To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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Thank you very much for your suggestion.  Only bolts the correct size (and then
in 1.25 thread) available locally were at my neighborhood ACE.  I tried one, and
found that the threads in the door pillar are stripped.  I found one article on
the web that described putting a nut on the bolt by taking off door panel and
putting the nut on the bolt and then tighten it.

John

On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 15:47 -0700, OlRivrRat wrote:
>         If You have an Ace Hardware close by, You might want to give Them look ~
>
> Our local Aces here in ABQ have those ~
>
>                                                         ORR ~ DeanB
>
> On 5 Dec , 2019, at 8:51 AM, John H. Lauterbach wrote:
>
> > Thank you, David.  If the nuts are welded to the door frame, would it better to
> > retap the nuts, possibly with the next larger (or use English instead of
> > metric).  The screw in question dose not look like the threads are intact.  Do
> > you know where I can get replacement screws?
> > John
> > On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 10:27 -0500, David Beierl wrote:
> > > > It is not clear from the diagrams in Bentley if these screws have nuts
> > > > behind them or go into tapped
> > > > holes in the door frame.  If they go into holes that are trapped, what is
> > > > the procedure for repairing the threads.
> > >
> > > I believe they are nuts welded to the inside of the sheet metal.  Access is
> > > difficult.  I'd suggest cleaning the hole and trying some Loctite 242 (blue,
> > > though it may be in a red bottle) on the threads.
> > >
> > > Yrs,
> > > d