yes, but the bolts are not needed to hold the drum on, just to keep it in place. You can leave them out even... alistair
On 21-Jan-11, at 3:52 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > seems just right for the application to me. > 10mm head with 6mm thread would be much too small. > 10mm hex head on a 7mm diameter bolt thread seems too small for that > diameter thread. > > 8 mm thread with 12 or 13 hex head would be overkill. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca> > To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> > Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 3:28 PM > Subject: Re: VW Necessity... > > >> Thanks Scott. Its funny why a 11 mm was used on the drums eh? why >> not 10? >> >> alistair >> >> >> On 21-Jan-11, at 3:13 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >> >>> the only 11's I can think of on the whole van are >>> the brake drum retaining screws, as mentioned already ... and >>> there two per >>> rear wheel of course. >>> That thread is barely used on vangons ..it's a 7 mm diameter bolt >>> thread, of >>> a pretty fine pitch. >>> >>> and brake lines.. >>> 11mm on those ...12mm on the clutch hydraulics I think. >>> otherwise no 11's anywhere I believe. > |
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