no problem replacing the shear-off conical head bolts with regular bolts. I believe they are only anti theft devices, not a safety feature. That being said, I did replace with hex head bolts the times i removed dash, but also bought new shear off bolts from dealer (speedway in victoria). the fancy bolts are still sitting unused in my parts collection. alistair '86 syncro 7 passenger '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/ http://shufti.wordpress.com On 28-Mar-10, at 5:16 PM, Shawn Wright wrote:
Any reason not to replace those wierd headless bolts holding the steer column to the dash supports with standard hex bolts? |
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