The miserable door lock set screw.
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Cargo Master
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The miserable door lock set screw.
That said, I burned up a few right away. Against my better judgement, bought a carbide bit which snapped almost immediately as I expected. ( Really should only use them in a drill-press) Used up 2 new colbalt bits. The set screw must be near 60 C. Ruined my high quality easy-outs...... Got er done but now it's time to sacrifice a few of my old taps........
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Count yourself lucky, I gave up on mine and had the "pros" do it. Their bit jammed in the tube and spun the whole tube right off.
I went back with a fillister head screw, there's plenty of room for the head.
I went back with a fillister head screw, there's plenty of room for the head.
Mountain Pass
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Removal
When I was disassembling my 50, I could not brake the set screw loose. I took my map gas torch and held it to the hole to heat the screw for a little bit and I was able to turn it right out.
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I am presently working on a 40 Ford coupe and it has the same dock lock retainer lash up as the truck. In my case the PO had repaired the door panel around the lock and had removed the collar and set screw tube. I found a replacement for the drivers door at Dennis Carpenter. He makes a kit to add a lock to the driver's door and part of the kit is a new sleeve/collar assembly. I used this kit for the driver's door and welded up the hole on the passenger side.
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Cargo Master
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Scott! Where you been Buddy ?
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I wonder if the Ford design engineer that drew that one up, had a grin on his face while he was working.
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Try driving a slightly oversize Bristol or another sharp edge wrench into the Allen screw head. The Bristol will not slip.
Click: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives
Click: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives
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Modern cars/trucks use a "U"-shaped spring clip to hold the door lock cylinder in place. Early Fords, including my 1940, had a sleeve on the inside skin of the door into which the door lock cylinder slid. This sleeve has a set screw (which is accessed through a hole in the door jamb) that is turned to hold the door lock cylinder in place or to remove the cylinder. Rather arcane setup but I am sure that it seemed like a good idea at the time. Since the door lock cylinder is an item that is seldom removed/replaced, this setscrew corrodes, freezes, whatever you want to call it and becomes a PITA to anyone who wants to remove it.
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Cargo Master
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The set screw holds the key lock in the door and must be removed if you want to remove it. In many cases such as mine, somebody had previously tried to remove it and buggered up the hex rendering it useless.
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