I'm sure glad I'm a member of these lists. A couple of thousand brains are sure better than my aging gray matter. If this had been on one of my Fords I would have bothered to question whether it was sae or metric, but on a VW I've never come across a sae threaded bolt. Go Figure. I took this bolt into two nut & bolt specialty shops and they both told me they didn't carry 11mm and didn't even question whether it was 7/16". Thanks again to all Steve "Karl" <aufever@prodigy.net>wrote: >Are you sure they are 11mm?? >I know seat belt bolts are 7/16" fine thread on all cars. Perhaps this size >would work? >
>> This is my problem. The original 11mm x 35 mm bolts that fasten the seat >> to the frame are now to short. Evidently, the new body tool worked a >> little too well and I'm now 20mm wider. No problem, just order a bolt >11mm >> x 55 mm, right. That's the problem. No place I can find carries 11 mm >> bolts with fine threads. Why does VW use bolts with a bastard dimension? >> Anyone have any suggestions? >> >> "Is Density a four letter word?" ><www.ourcenterville.org/blackham/page1.htm> |
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