Date:         Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:03:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: nuts in steering linkage and rack
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <007a01c8420c$3402ab10$6401a8c0@TOSHIBALAP> (Scott Daniel's
              message of "Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:55:48 -0800")
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The illustration in the Bentley manual specifically indicates the
nuts, not the bolts, with the "always replace" admonishment.

I looked again and noticed an astersik with a footnote, and it says
"self locking nuts".  I wonder if these are just nuts pre-treated with
thread locker.  I looked at the ones I removed and they do not seem to
have any "deforming" features that would preclude re-use, in fact they
look completely ordinary.

Allan

Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes:

> I don't know about your VW  stealership but mine would have a hard time
> finding those bolts in the parts pictures and ordering them.  NLA wouldn't
> surprise me even.  I don't think they are stretch type, but I'm not certain.
>
>   Liability and safety would be the obvious concerns.
> 'modern' ?? you're calling a 1980 to 1991 Vanagon 'modern' ??