Wiper / Headlight switch bezels - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**JJorgensen52** · 05-16-2013, 11:56 AM

Does anyone happen to know what the threads are on these?

I'm installing a PTO control cable and I'm wondering if I can thread the factory bezel on the control cable end for a cleaner installed look. The cable has a 3/8-24 thread, which I understand to be pretty common to most aftermarket switches and seems about right for ours from looking at them but I've never checked.

**LockDoc** · 05-16-2013, 08:25 PM

-
I would check one for you but so far I haven't been able to find my thread gauge set..

LockDoc

**JJorgensen52** · 05-20-2013, 12:20 AM

I tried it out tonight - I can tell you that the bezel will thread onto the cable a few turns, the cable nut did not want to thread on the switch, though. They're close, that's for sure! It will definitely work for what I wanted to do. Now if only I could get the darn cables to move freely... they were out of doors a long time

**JJorgensen52** · 05-20-2013, 09:44 PM

Just a quick toss together to give you an idea of what I'm looking at - I'm going to have to find some thinner jam nuts for the PTO cable to mount to the dash metal, though. Either way, I'm going to utilize the lower mount point on each side for one of the controls. I though about moving the wipers over to the '67 position and having both PTO cables on the one side, but the wiper motor is in the way of the upper cable fitting properly

05-16-2013, 11:56 AM	#1
JJorgensen52 Simple? What's simple? Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southeast CT Posts: 1,472	Wiper / Headlight switch bezels Does anyone happen to know what the threads are on these? I'm installing a PTO control cable and I'm wondering if I can thread the factory bezel on the control cable end for a cleaner installed look. The cable has a 3/8-24 thread, which I understand to be pretty common to most aftermarket switches and seems about right for ours from looking at them but I've never checked. __________________ CURRENT '50 GMC 100 shortbed Gen IV 4.8 LS - 4L65E (Secret truck, Shhh!!!) Build '63 Buick Wildcat Coupe 401ci Nailhead (Very much in pieces) Photos '66 Impala SS convertible 327-QJet-glide (4 speed swap one of these days...) Photos '69 CST/10 4x4 SWB Stepper 350 2bbl - NV4500/NP241C (Broken Truck!) '72 Sierra Grande 2WD LWB fleetside 350-TH350 Refresh '99 K2500 Silverado RCLB 5.7 Vortec - NV4500/NP241C (Daily) '99 K2500 Suburban 7.4 Vortec - NV4500/NP246 (still working out the bugs) SOLD '71 Custom/10 2WD LWB fleetside - '72 GMC K/3500 Dually (Sold to redryder)

05-16-2013, 08:25 PM	#2
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 26,069	Re: Wiper / Headlight switch bezels - I would check one for you but so far I haven't been able to find my thread gauge set.. LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

05-20-2013, 12:20 AM	#3
JJorgensen52 Simple? What's simple? Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southeast CT Posts: 1,472	Re: Wiper / Headlight switch bezels I tried it out tonight - I can tell you that the bezel will thread onto the cable a few turns, the cable nut did not want to thread on the switch, though. They're close, that's for sure! It will definitely work for what I wanted to do. Now if only I could get the darn cables to move freely... they were out of doors a long time __________________ CURRENT '50 GMC 100 shortbed Gen IV 4.8 LS - 4L65E (Secret truck, Shhh!!!) Build '63 Buick Wildcat Coupe 401ci Nailhead (Very much in pieces) Photos '66 Impala SS convertible 327-QJet-glide (4 speed swap one of these days...) Photos '69 CST/10 4x4 SWB Stepper 350 2bbl - NV4500/NP241C (Broken Truck!) '72 Sierra Grande 2WD LWB fleetside 350-TH350 Refresh '99 K2500 Silverado RCLB 5.7 Vortec - NV4500/NP241C (Daily) '99 K2500 Suburban 7.4 Vortec - NV4500/NP246 (still working out the bugs) SOLD '71 Custom/10 2WD LWB fleetside - '72 GMC K/3500 Dually (Sold to redryder)

05-20-2013, 09:44 PM	#4
JJorgensen52 Simple? What's simple? Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southeast CT Posts: 1,472	Re: Wiper / Headlight switch bezels Just a quick toss together to give you an idea of what I'm looking at - I'm going to have to find some thinner jam nuts for the PTO cable to mount to the dash metal, though. Either way, I'm going to utilize the lower mount point on each side for one of the controls. I though about moving the wipers over to the '67 position and having both PTO cables on the one side, but the wiper motor is in the way of the upper cable fitting properly __________________ CURRENT '50 GMC 100 shortbed Gen IV 4.8 LS - 4L65E (Secret truck, Shhh!!!) Build '63 Buick Wildcat Coupe 401ci Nailhead (Very much in pieces) Photos '66 Impala SS convertible 327-QJet-glide (4 speed swap one of these days...) Photos '69 CST/10 4x4 SWB Stepper 350 2bbl - NV4500/NP241C (Broken Truck!) '72 Sierra Grande 2WD LWB fleetside 350-TH350 Refresh '99 K2500 Silverado RCLB 5.7 Vortec - NV4500/NP241C (Daily) '99 K2500 Suburban 7.4 Vortec - NV4500/NP246 (still working out the bugs) SOLD '71 Custom/10 2WD LWB fleetside - '72 GMC K/3500 Dually (Sold to redryder)



Register or Log In To remove these advertisements.

Register or Log In To remove these advertisements.