I really think its an pointless arguement for this application but you
should never use bolts to act as dowels (location).
-- Dave>From: Mike Schwall <mschwall@flash.net> >Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net >To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net >Subject: Re: DML: Info on turning part of my truck bed into an extended >cab >Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:37:22 -0500 > >At 08:10 AM 4/5/2000 , you wrote: >>Not bolts, dowel pins! Bolts are for clamping, dowels for location ;) >>Degreed mechanical engineer also. >>-- >>Mac > >Well, no and yes. Last first - Yes, bolts are for clamping and dowels are >for location, but to retain the body's original structural strength, the >use of two steel rings that sandwich the sheetmetal between them - the >bolts clamp the rings to the sheetmetal doing two things - The bolts act as >dowel pins and as a strengthener - clamping the body skin between the metal >rings, increasing the strength of the body skin, thus making it as strong >as if there were no hole cut into the body. You follow? > >Just to make sure I'm coming through clear, two steel rings, 1/8" or so >thick, 1/2" or so wide, go on both sides of the hole cut into the cab >sheetmetal, and another set goes on both sides of the holes cut into the >bed, Then the accordian boot, as was mentioned, connects the two, allowing >access and providing a weather-tight seal. > >Mike > > > >__________________________ >mschwall@flash.net >
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