If you don't just replace them with M8 hex bolts...the new ones are $8 apiece, and you tighten them with an allen wrench until the head breaks off. I've got a pair right here that you could have for say half price -- I just keep them around to look at, my wheel has regular M8s... david At 00:50 6/18/2000, Marc Perdue wrote: >I got the old shear bolts out with the good old vise grips. I'd probably just >go ahead and stick the old ones back in except for Karl's comments >regarding the >safety issue. If I buy new ones, for safety's sake, what kind of a tool >is used >to tighten them up? Do they have a regular hex head that twists off at the >proper torque or something? David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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