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Date:         Sun, 18 Jun 2000 14:56:48 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ibm.net>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ibm.net>
Subject:      Re: Shear Bolts?
Comments: To: Marc Perdue <marcperdue@adelphia.net>
In-Reply-To:  <394C5508.4AB9A9C5@adelphia.net>
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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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