Tom
The threaded pieces on my Tiger are steel and are spot welded in
place. My Tiger had at least 2 front end accidents before I bought it so
the welds could be from the collision work.
Another type of fastener would have either a serrated collar or a
crush collar and it would be pressed into a specified size hole.
Put a magnet on the threaded pieces to see if they are steel or not.
Use a Dremel tool with cut off wheels to carefully remove them if you want
to reuse them.
Ron Fraser
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From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Tom Witt
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 12:04 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Tiger Fan Shroud Mounting
Well, common sense dictates that I replace my thrashed front clip before
I
finally put my crossmember and front suspension in. Fortunately an Alpine
replacement clip to the mid wheel arch came with the car. However, one of
the
differences that I noticed was that the Alpine sheetmetal has no provisions
for screwing down the Tiger fan shroud. There are two threaded pieces in the
Tiger clip that look like they are pot metal, lead, tarnished aluminium (who
knows?). They almost have the appearance of having expanded in the hole
where
they were placed. Is there any way of getting them out without destroying
them
and for that matter is there a proper method of re-installing them.
Apparently
they must be "captured" somehow to keep them from rotating.
I'm not opposed to just welding in a couple of nuts to do the same thing,
but anything distictively "Tiger" that can possibly be kept I would like to.
Thanks, Tom Witt B9470101
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