Windshield Fitting

[ThickCobra]

Well, I couldn't wait till Monday to get back to the windshield. And, while I was at it, I thought I may as well see how the screws for the sun visors fit and whether they bottomed out. I was surprised to discover that the small counter sunk screws do not fit the tiny pre-drilled holes in the window frame. I thought I read someone mentioning this before. Has anyone else found this to be the case? I removed the frame from the glass with the plan of sanding down any screws that bottomed out. Thanks for the suggestion Chris.

[edwardb]

Well, I couldn't wait till Monday to get back to the windshield. And, while I was at it, I thought I may as well see how the screws for the sun visors fit and whether they bottomed out. I was surprised to discover that the small counter sunk screws do not fit the tiny pre-drilled holes in the window frame. I thought I read someone mentioning this before. Has anyone else found this to be the case? I removed the frame from the glass with the plan of sanding down any screws that bottomed out. Thanks for the suggestion Chris.

The last two windshields I did had metric mounting holes. The screws FF provides in the visor kit are 6-32 flat head mounting screws. I've found M3 x 0.5 mm go in perfectly. My local Ace had some M3 x 6mm long SS screws. But I found a better choice at McMaster. 90258A173 are 5mm long and a nicer looking oval head. I adjusted each one to not go any further than just inside the frame. Just a touch on the disk sander for the 5mm long ones.

[ThickCobra]

The last two windshields I did had metric mounting holes. The screws FF provides in the visor kit are 6-32 flat head mounting screws. I've found M3 x 0.5 mm go in perfectly. My local Ace had some M3 x 6mm long SS screws. But I found a better choice at McMaster. 90258A173 are 5mm long and a nicer looking oval head. I adjusted each one to not go any further than just inside the frame. Just a touch on the disk sander for the 5mm long ones.

This is it. I knew I has seen something on this. Thanks.