Thanks Wes! I think your last photo is of a product commonly available from India on flea-bay? While they look good and might be a good product, I don't know whether the bolts, washers. or brackets fit the M38 or not.
I believe I have correct M38 original brackets and tapping plates. I'm pretty sure I have them correctly mounted with the 5/16-inch nuts on the outside of the body through the tapping plates and pivot brackets.
What I don't think was correct were the pivot bolts that I had (see photo below). They're a regular 3/8-24 bolt through a specially machined pivot bushing (in place of and doing the exact same thing dimensionally as the correct M38 pivot bolts). I haven't been able to positively identify where these odd bushings come from as I haven't seen a photo anywhere of anything like them. If they're some rare nuggets I'd appreciate somebody telling me so I can sell them to off-set the cost of the NOS pivot bolts I bought to replace them.
The last piece of the puzzle for me is these 2 "special" washers called out on page 298 of the ORD9. I think I can say with confidence that these washer dimensions aren't common anywhere on this planet, and NOS or take-offs are even more rare. So, what to do? Improvise, overcome, adapt. And because I'm not a machinist, getting something "close" and trying to fabricate it closer is usually Plan B for me. Plan A is to try and find something so close that only Wes would know the difference
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The ORD9 descriptions of these washers are:
G740-7375362, WO-668922, WASHER, sp, flat, S, cd-pltd, 41/64 ID, 1 OD, 0.0598 thick........and.........G503-7324848, WO-A2220, WASHER, S, 21/32 ID, 1 OD, 0.015 thick, 3/32 crown
What do I find in the local Hillman bins at my local Ace Hardware and Tractor Supply? A pretty doggone close substitute for G740-7375362:
Machine bushing, 5/8 ID (= 40/64), 1 OD, 18 gauge (= 0.048) thick.
Hillman 882801, $1.50 for a pack of 5.
https://www.hillmangroup.com/us/en/Fast ... s/p/882801
I think Brian might be right about the G503 washer, 0.015 thick and a 3/32 crown (does crown mean "wavy"?). Is that a lock-washer? I can't even come close to finding that one.........(would still like to see a photo)
So, I think I'm going to use two of the Hillman 882801 on each of my new and correct NOS M38 pivot bolts for bearing surfaces, one on each side of the windshield arm. I figure with a regular pre-flight inspection program I'll discover if they're working themselves loose. Nothing a little lock-tite won't fix? And the dimensions are so close to the ORD9 that after some paint even the jeep police might not notice.
Given where this post started I had to look. I have a matched set of the slotted pivot brackets, slots slanted opposite each other, obviously one left and one right (even if I have them bolted to the wrong sides of the cowl). They're currently mounted with the high side of the slots pointing forward and the low sides pointed aft. Right or wrong, it seems to be the most logical for adjusting the clamping force and alignment of the windshield frame? Mine clamps snug and sits nice anyway. Naturally, I could be off-base....
My apology on that last. Wrong post.
http://willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules.php? ... ield+pivot
