72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

In another thread Bhelton was looking for some screws, washers, and spacers for his 72 without paying $25/set for take offs.

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I piped up and said I would look for some at Automotive Fasteners (AF) because I drive by it several times a day.

Well, the screws are no problem, AF was out of them, but Lowes has them hanging on the wall in the fastener section. They are #10 self tapping oval head screws, 2 inch. The originals are 1 7/8 inches long but the 2 inch seem to be fine, if you wanted, you could grind off 1/8th inch, but they fit fine in my truck at 2 inches.

The spacers and washers? Not so easy. The guy at AF had never seen anything like the spacer, he was able to find concave washers that he could order for me...if I wanted 1000 of them.

So I just made washers and spacers...here is how.

Here is the original screw, washer, and spacer. They were all chrome from the factory.

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The stuff I came up with is all stainless, not an exact match, but looks pretty close to the original when installed, the spacers are hidden inside the door and covered by the washer so you cant even see it.

I used stainless fuel line I had replaced on my truck years ago, 5/16 inch od to make the spacers, flare one end slightly and cut to proper length, which is .582 inch +/- a couple thousandths.

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I bought #10 flat stainless washers and bent them to the correct amount of concave by smacking them with a hammer.

I chose a nut with an opening slightly smaller than the washer, then put washer with screw centered in the nut sitting on the vise, then smacked it with a hammer. Came out looking very much like the original.

Original on left, new flat in the middle, the new one after a swift smack with the hammer on right.

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Original set on the left, reproduction set on the right.

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Hope this is helpful.

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Looks good; now if we could just re create the dimple on the door so I can use my rust free 69-71 doors I have on my 72
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Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Slow-1, thanks for sharing this..these are exactly the kinds of things that make this forum so valuable!!

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Very creative. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Nice job!

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Very nice, I need to do that. Or, if you decide to make a bunch of them, I may be interested depending on pricing.

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Thanks y'all, glad to share.

The first one I made was out of copper tube...I think it would work fine also.

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Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Great write up and thanks for the help!
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Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Subscribed.

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

That's great, thanks for taking the time to share this...

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

subscribing for future reference. This is excellent work!

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

I just want to know what the screw is for?

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Thanks for the compliments.

The screw ties the inner and outer door skins together. I drove my truck with one removed the other day and the door rattled like crazy the whole trip so I guess it was a fix for that?

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Be careful in putting a too long screw in. I recently reinstalled my stoxk screws in my feshly pinted screw and the ps put a divor pointing out in the outer skin!
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Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Absolutely...the 2 inch screws fit in mine fine, but I would suggest grinding off the point on the screw just in case. (I think I included that above, but it is a long post).

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Superb Tutorial! Thanks for Sharing.

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Great write up slow-1, should help out quite a few guys, they are getting hard to find

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Can you repost your images if you still have them? Photobucket pulled down and this reference was exactly what I was looking for for my build. Thanks for sharing!

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

The screws and ferrules are reproduced now.

LockDoc

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

Thanks!

Re: 72 Only Door Screw, Washer, and Spacer reproduction
 

No problem.

LockDoc