SS Roof Screws

[rwoodysurplus]

why didnt you do that to my old bus when you were working on it

woodyfc81 spotted bird!-






-- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Rob Robinson
wrote:
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> Correct me if I am wrong Stephen but I believe you have Phillips
head SS
> screws right? I did have an occasion to work on one rig like yours
and found
> that about a dozen or so screws were loose mostly towards the rear
of the
> coach. This seems to be the area where they become loose soonest
no matter
> what fastener is used (screw, tech screw etc). In several later
model coaches
> I have replaced the self-taping tech screws with SS Hex head Lag
screws. The
> tech screws were 1/4 inch by 1 inch. I would normally use 5/16
inch by 1 inch
> to replace them but every once in a while I would have to use a
3/8 by 1 inch
> if I stripped out a hole or it had rusted a little. I like to wrap
a little
> windshield buytal on the threads of each replacement screw. A
little time
> consuming but what the heck we're all retired aren't we VBG.
>
> Rob, Sue & Merlin
> 94 WLWB
>
>
> Quoting Stephen <share@...>:
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> > Hello everyone-
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> > First off, I would like to thank everyone who helps me out with
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> > their suggestions. I appreciate it! (I'm waiting for my 'free
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> > subscription' to be up for asking too many questions! hehe)—By
the
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> > way, took out Batt's today, and cleaned out the tray, and
letting it
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> > dry to spray some black rust-olium on it. Should look great for
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> > years to come   Charger is working fine now, with the 30A
plugged
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> > into the other plug in the power input of the coach. (Think Ice
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> > maker is gone, no compressor run—nothing)
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> > I have (and believe most do) a top observation area with large
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> > pieces of aluminum diamond plate screwed down into the roof of
the
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> > bus. Quite a few of the SS screws have backed out, and I'm sure
they
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> > will again- if I tighten them all. Has anyone ever heard of
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> > replacing those screws with large SS pop Rivets? (Or aluminum)
That
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> > would be a Permanent fix, with nothing to back out ever again.
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> > If this is a bad idea, I would like to know. Has this been done?
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> > Stephen
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> > 81 FC-33SB
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> > Plant City, Fl
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