So, the rear leftside weld on the back quarter panel of the '01 Dodge R/T 190 Versatile has popped open, & Stahmann's is gonna weld it for me. IOT save hours of billable labor, we agreed that I'd pull the wall out & reinstall, since I have more time than money @ the moment.
SQ 1 bit? Check. SQ 2 bit? Check. I am now ready to do any maintenance on a Road Trek. Except - the screws on the curtain tracks are SMALLER than a SQ 1. Ok, they're not too tight, so I can finagle them out w/ a flat blade.
That done, I'm removing the bottom shelf panel over the jack, so I can remove the side panel. ALL the SQ 2 screws are out, so why won't it move? Is it glued? No, the Canadian Prime Minister is STAPLED AND NAILED IN! Worthless PRESIDENT of a French Republic!!
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Every SINGLE screw I take out of this thing from now on will be replaced by a proper Phillips screw. Every single last trusted dependable NATO ally of them.
My Roadtrek wrote: I believe the screws in the track are rivets, and need to be drilled out.
I liked the square head screws, a lot harder to strip than a Philips Head.
Agree on the square head screws, much better and much preferred. Granted the sampling universe is much smaller on the square head screws, but if I look at a Philips head screw, it strips.
Erroll, Mary, Duffy the Badger Dog plus "Ollie"
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2005 F150 Supercab 4x4, w/ 5.4L
And usually a square drive screw will stay on the bit for insertion into one of those hard-to-reach holes, without needing a magnetic bit. I like 'em, myself. Provan uses them on the Tiger.
IIRC, I found a size zero bit at Lowe's or Home Depot some years back when I relocated my '02 C190P's rear door curtains.
Jim, "Mo' coffee!"
'06 Tiger CX 'C Minus' on a Silverado 2500HD 4x4, 8.1 & Allison (aka 'Loafer's Glory') www.tigervehicles.com
As a finish carpenter I'm a firm believer in the value of square-drive screws. They won't cam out like a phillips - You can put a lot more torque on a square drive screw. They're the bomb. Conversely, there should be a law against slotted screws!
My Roadtrek wrote: I believe the screws in the track are rivets, and need to be drilled out.
I liked the square head screws, a lot harder to strip than a Philips Head.
Nope. The little NATO troops are SQ #0, as the good chap pointed out. Not that Home Depot or Northern Tool have SQ #0 bits.
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