TPS screw thread size?
Hi,
when adjusting the TPS voltage on my -86, I broke :ack: one of the two aluminium torx screws that holds the TPS. Does anyone know the thread size of those screws? :bigears Best regards |
It's a bastard size if i remember correctly. I drilled and retapped to the next AVAILABLE size and used stainless allen heads.
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Really small! :lol: I'm heading out to the garage in a few minutes. I'll check one and let you know. :thumbs:
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Originally Posted by AGENT 86
It's a bastard size if i remember correctly. I drilled and retapped to the next AVAILABLE size and used stainless allen heads.
Could just imagine that! :crazy: I'm from Sweden and not very familiar with inch sizes, but I couldn't find anything with the same size in different stores even though they were specialized in screws, of course most metric but also some inch-sized. |
Originally Posted by Corvette Kid
Really small! :lol: I'm heading out to the garage in a few minutes. I'll check one and let you know. :thumbs:
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It doesn't match up to anything on my thread pitch gauge. Unfortunately I don't a metric gauge here at home. Also I don't have any metric taps and dies that small to match it against here at home either. If you're in a bind, I can send you a screw. I have several TBs lying around.
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Originally Posted by Corvette Kid
It doesn't match up to anything on my thread pitch gauge. Unfortunately I don't a metric gauge here at home. Also I don't have any metric taps and dies that small to match it against here at home either. If you're in a bind, I can send you a screw. I have several TBs lying around.
Thanks for the offer, but I can't let you go through the hazzle to send a screw to Sweden. :flag: I'll just tap it to the next metric size and put stainless screws there. I have some work to do during the winter anyway: New leather seat covers, new suspension bushings and new shocks, all ordered from Ecklers today. That'll keep me busy for a couple of dark winter evenings :lol: |
Originally Posted by LMER
Strange, it seems to be something like M4.5 which is an existing size but rarely used, i.e. I've never seen it in use. Isn't it very odd that they use something that unusual, metric or inch, on a standard engine? I was told that all engine screws are inch-sized. Do you have another opinion?
Thanks for the offer, but I can't let you go through the hazzle to send a screw to Sweden. :flag: I'll just tap it to the next metric size and put stainless screws there. I have some work to do during the winter anyway: New leather seat covers, new suspension bushings and new shocks, all ordered from Ecklers today. That'll keep me busy for a couple of dark winter evenings :lol: |
Yes it is M4.5, a rare bastard :willy:
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Thanks guys! :)
Of all dimensions, why not use an extremely rare one... Sometimes you wonder... That designer must have had a very bad day!!! |
:iagree: It's bad enough that they used aluminum screws :crazy:
Then add an oddball pitch :crazy: :crazy: Oh, and lets mix standard and metric all over the car :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: |
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