A real trivia question, size of speaker fasteners??

[Brett Dikeman]

At 1:57 PM -0500 7/7/02, Carol, Dave, and Zach Weiss wrote:

>  >>This is way out there, but I'm just wondering if the family album
>shows
>the size of the fasteners for the rear speakers and amplifier for a
>Bose unit in a '92 100?<<
>
>Might be the same sizes as the V8:  nylocks, 5mm at 0.8 pitch to hold
>the speakers to the parcel shelf.  Most folks drop the speakers from the
>trunk, leaving the rear seat in place-- for those, 4mm @ 0.75.  Don't
>forget the washers!

FYI- on the type 44/200q20v, this is possible only for the
passenger(US) side; the driver's side speaker outside bolts are
inaccessible from the trunk, and that speaker must be dropped, in
entirety from above.

For that, a 5mm closed-end ratchet wrench is easiest(not sure about
that name); nothing else fits in there, and the ratchet makes quick
work of the problem, even quicker if you're wearing some Mechanix or
similar(the sheet metal edges can do an number on your hands if
you're in a rush.)

   We have a set of these, which look almost like dog bones; one side
up = tighten, other side up = loosen.  I've been told the newest ones
are barely larger than a traditional double closed-end wrench.
Spiffy.

FYI #2...if it sounds like you've got a bunch of squirrels or
something in the back with castanets playing the baseline, that's the
washer rattling between the deck and the locknut.  The 4 bolts on the
speakers are a tight fit, and sometimes the sheet metal will catch on
the threads enough to trick you into thinking the speaker is all the
way up flush; you'll tighten those bolts down and everything seems
good+well...and then a month later, it'll finally pop all the way up,
and the washer starts rattling.  Drove me nuts for weeks before I
finally figured out what it was that was rattling.

B
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