The Silver Streak E-mail ListArchive Files[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [SilverStreak] deadbolt
Make sure the door has a (usually wood) spacer block inside the door where you are going to bore for a deadbolt lock. Otherwise, you will need to put a spacer in or the tightening of the deadlock cylinder screws will squash the door in. I installed a deadbolt lock on a hollow aluminum door (Spartanette) by cutting a piece of plastic (PVC) plumbing pipe of appropriate size (most modern deadbolt locks use a 1=" hole in the door) and splitting it so it would squeeze in enough to slip it into the hole. It then opened up to make a reinforcement sufficient to make a neat installation. If the length of the piece is just a tidge long, it will fit tightly inside the door and not fall down inside the door. Some glue will also hold it in place. If a one-piece spacer won't go in through the hole, you can split the piece in two and slip each half in, then use glue to put it together if you wish - it should stay put without glue, though, if it fits between the door skins snugly. Al -- "Thomas Williams" <tomgwilliams@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Mine is a '73 without a deadbolt on the suicide door, but I'm considering installing one. By the way, does anyone know of a source for decals? Tom, Burleson, Tx.
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