Door jamb switch adjustment

[nsmall]

Heres a softball question for one of you pros.

How much pressure is put upon the door jamb switch when closing the door for it to be adjusted?

The reason I ask is the threads were stripped out on the door jamb and I had to rethread it and it's not super tight.

I don't want to put the Door Jam switch in there and close the door and have it ruin what little threads I have. 

The new door jamb switch is obviously to long.  Any advice is welcome.

Thanks

[anlauto]

They self adjust when you close the door 

[nsmall]

Okay.  Thanks.  I know I'm going to sound totally paranoid but is it a lot of pressure as the threads are pretty shot on my door jamb?  I was thinking of wrapping the switch in some Teflon tape as I obviously don't want to destroy the threads in the door jamb.

Thanks

[1 Wild R/T]

First off teflon tape would insulate the switch & it needs to have a path to ground...
Second because the pressure is pushing in on the switch the switch won't move, it's run in till the should is against the body....

[Chryco Psycho]

You can see the brass tube through the nut , when you close the door& the plunger bottoms out  the brass tube will slide inside the nut , the only pressure on the threads will be pressure towards bottoming out the nut , no pull pressure so the threads Should hold up fine just a question of having a good ground contact .

[screamindriver]

Close the door slowly...As in hand shut the door as much as possible and latch it..Don't give the door a toss like you would normally... Masking tape on the door frame is a good choice if you've got fresh paint for the initial mating...

[nsmall]

Thanks everyone.

@screamindriver YOUR ALIVE. I was just thinking of sending you a pm.  Glad to hear from you.