Door striker plate dimensions needed

[John Loftus]

It appears the tapped plate and packing plate for the door strikers has been missing since an earlier P.O. restoration. If anyone has these items handy and could give me overall dimensions/materials so that I can make up a set, would be appreciated (moss numbers 021-347 and 021-349 for a BJ7-8).

I understand the tapped plate must be steel and tapped for the door striker screws. Unsure if the packing plate is steel or aluminum. I'm guessing this goes inside the rear fender area between the shut face and the tapped plate.

Cheers,
John

 

[GregW]

Hi John,
I don't think I ever had those packing pieces. The tapped pieces you are refering to are at Antonio's if no one here has the dimensions. They are in the boxes on the shelf where the tranny tunnel is. How was the bike ride?

 

[Keoke]

Hi John, While the tapped plate is simply made from 1/4" steel plate it has a unique shape. Since those parts are available for little cost. I would purchase them and save a bit of a head ache. It isn't that they can't be made its just IMOP more trouble than it is worth.--Fwiw-Keoke

 

[John Loftus]

Hi John, While the tapped plate is simply made from 1/4" steel plate it has a unique shape.

Hi Keoke, The parts book shows the tapped plate as a simple rectangle. For now I just used some thick washers and nuts to hold it in place and can always add the plates to the 'future order list'.

I would like to know where the packing plate goes. The old aluminum shut face finisher had an aluminum spacer that went between the finisher and the steel shut face. Is that where this packing plate is suppose to go?

Cheers,
John

 

[John Loftus]

Hi John,
I don't think I ever had those packing pieces. The tapped pieces you are refering to are at Antonio's if no one here has the dimensions. They are in the boxes on the shelf where the tranny tunnel is. How was the bike ride?

The packing pieces may be adhered to the back of the alum. shut face finisher?

The bike ride went well although there was lots of wind, unfortunately going in the wrong direction!

 

[Keoke]

OK John, If you have the striker you can use it to make a pattern for the Retainer plate.---Keoke

 

[Randy Forbes]

Hi John,
I don't think I ever had those packing pieces. The tapped pieces you are refering to are at Antonio's if no one here has the dimensions. They are in the boxes on the shelf where the tranny tunnel is. How was the bike ride?

The packing pieces may be adhered to the back of the alum. shut face finisher?

The bike ride went well although there was lots of wind, unfortunately going in the wrong direction!

Correct; between aluminum trim and shutface panel.

And the tapped plate (though I'm sure it's thinner than 1/4", maybe 3/16") is in the fender well, against the outside of the shutface panel.

Edit: the tapped plate is essentially the same footprint as the striker piece that attaches to it, so staggered screw holes and large center bore.

 

[John Loftus]

Correct; between aluminum trim and shutface panel.

And the tapped plate (though I'm sure it's thinner than 1/4", maybe 3/16") is in the fender well, against the outside of the shutface panel.

Edit: the tapped plate is essentially the same footprint as the striker piece that attaches to it, so staggered screw holes and large center bore.

Thanks for the additional info Randy. I question the 'large center bore' though. My original aluminum finishers and packing plate had no 'center bore' and the factory illustrations don't show a center bore on any of those parts. The finisher has a dent from the striker pin head pushing into the soft aluminum but no hole. Maybe yours is different?

 

[Randy Forbes]

Correct; between aluminum trim and shutface panel.

And the tapped plate (though I'm sure it's thinner than 1/4", maybe 3/16") is in the fender well, against the outside of the shutface panel.

Edit: the tapped plate is essentially the same footprint as the striker piece that attaches to it, so staggered screw holes and large center bore.

Thanks for the additional info Randy. I question the 'large center bore' though. My original aluminum finishers and packing plate had no 'center bore' and the factory illustrations don't show a center bore on any of those parts. The finisher has a dent from the striker pin head pushing into the soft aluminum but no hole. Maybe yours is different?

May be; I guess I don't remember if your handles/strikers are like the MKI or MKIII.

I know there was a slow evolving change somewhere during the MKII-1/2 /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif