stripped holes on door sill plate
08-04-2002, 12:14 AM
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stripped holes on door sill plate
The screws that hold on the door sills just sit in the holes, has anyone found a way to tighten up the holes?
There is metal below the fiberglass that looks quite stripped...
There is metal below the fiberglass that looks quite stripped...
08-04-2002, 12:18 AM
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Re: stripped holes on door sill plate (427V8)
I drilled mine out then glued plastic drywall screw anchors cut flush to the fiberglass. It has held up well so far.
08-04-2002, 02:46 AM
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Re: stripped holes on door sill plate (Fevre)
Fevres idea is pretty cool, I did the slightly "bubba" fix on mine and just cut and bent some paper clips into little L shaped pieces, but the other end in the hole and taped the other end on the fiberglass to hold it in place. That clip tightens up the hole enough for the screws to have something to hold onto.
rgds Tomi
[Modified by Tomi72, 8:55 AM 8/4/2002]
rgds Tomi
[Modified by Tomi72, 8:55 AM 8/4/2002]
08-04-2002, 08:41 AM
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Re: stripped holes on door sill plate (Fevre)
I drilled mine out then glued plastic drywall screw anchors cut flush to the fiberglass. It has held up well so far.
SAME HERE! We must think alike! :flag
08-04-2002, 10:55 AM
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Re: stripped holes on door sill plate (427V8)
You might want to go to a hardware store and see if you can find some oversized thread phillips-head screws (chrome or nickel) with the same head size. I did that for one of mine. A $.22 fix.
08-04-2002, 11:14 AM
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Re: stripped holes on door sill plate (BlueL36)
I was going to recommend trying the bent paperclip in the holes also :yesnod: .
08-04-2002, 12:18 PM
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Re: stripped holes on door sill plate (Fevre)
I drilled mine out then glued plastic drywall screw anchors cut flush to the fiberglass. It has held up well so far.
08-04-2002, 06:26 PM
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Re: stripped holes on door sill plate (Frank75)
fill the entire hole with 2 part epoxy-''J.B. WELD''-- let dry and re-drill the correct hole for your original screws-http://www.geocities.com/carlclub2/index.html
08-04-2002, 06:50 PM
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Re: stripped holes on door sill plate (carl a)
fill the entire hole with 2 part epoxy-''J.B. WELD''-- let dry and re-drill the correct hole for your original screws-http://www.geocities.com/carlclub2/index.html
Eddie
