Technical "Extra" Hole in a 1932 Ford Coulmn drop

Bruce, was there a Ford Factory service notice that explained how this brake away bolt was to be removed? Bob

 

That type of bolt was used on foreign car ignition switches . They are easy to remove, a small chisel and a hammer tap the bolt counter clock wise the come right out. also if they are accusable to center punch drill a small hole and use an easy out.

 

That may work on stuff that has lived its life in Arazona or Southern California, but the bolt snapped at the rusted threads. More drilling, chainsaw file, three sided file, more easy out time and I was able to chase the threads. Now it will be off to get the on/off hole and rivet holes TIG welded and gone. Bob

 

"Bruce, was there a Ford Factory service notice that explained how this brake away bolt was to be removed? "
Vince F covers that and a million other interesting Model A-B facts on his site.
Toll shown, is, naturally rare as hell...even I don't have one!
http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/columnlockboltremoval.htm

Best real world approach is going to be some combination of drill, hammer, and chisel. I once produced an actually neat looking screwdriver slot with a hacksaw blade cut off and then notched out on a grinder so several teeth on the end could dip into the required area. A shallow chisel punch provided a locating point. Time required to move 3 hacksaw teeth back and forth a million times was substantial...some violence and crudity is probably better.

 

I have done the screwdriver slot with great success. I drill a row of small holes then slant the drill to go sideways and make a slot. I have always gotten the screw out. The nice thing is I can reuse them.

 

I picked up a socket head bolt at the hardware store today, but it just looks wrong. I'll turn the hex off a bolt and make a slotted cheese head bolt out of it unless someone has a ready made supply. Bob

 

I'd slot or perhaps even try a ****on-head allen type, and fill in with putty once car is done. Minor cheating, and you can take the thing apart in the future with little trouble!

 

Got to turn up an adaptor ring for the Franklin steering column and this one part of the build is finished. I need it to plot the position of the cowl steering. Bob

 

Wow that's great. A Franklin column ?? Where do you find this stuff ? Hope you have one of their crazy steering wheels too. They look nice. Love the parts stash you have.

 

The Franklin box is a leftover from the 4Banger Race Car days, they are a very good unit. 49/64 drill bit arrived today, hope the tap arrives soon and I can take care of the ignition switch attachment.

 

If the tap arrives tomorrow I'm all set for it. If I owned a Bridgeport I'd use it, but would have still needed to make the blocks to hold the column hole vertically. That vice dates back to the early 1970's, wrote my name on it when I first learned to stick weld.