Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 12:42:06 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
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good point on it being easy to turn things the wrong way when upside down,
so check that for sure.
it's a 12mm thread bolt.
and ..oddly ..
VW uses a 'normal' fairly course thread for most of their 12mm thread
bolts..
such as .....diesel head bolts and engine-to-bell-housing on diesel vanagons
..
very common 'nice' thread.
however, oddly, they use a finer 12mm thread in just a few places..
the spare tire mounting bolt is one such 'odd fine 12mm thread' bolt.
And on a waterboxer vanagon ..
it might be 'the only' 12mm bolt of that fine thread on the entire van.
the other place I have noticed that fine 12mm thread is on 82 DV engine
cradle bars ..
the bolts that go through the rubber bushings on the ends of the cradle
bars.
on more method on stuck bolts ..
though once this method is started ..there's no going back ..( works fine on
stripped out 6mm allen CV joints screws ) ..is unscrew it with a pretty
hefty cold chisel and stout hammer.
but that's pretty desperate ....so try not to use that method on the spare
tire bolt.
if it was really badly rusted ...
I might apply heat ....though it's semi-risky to have flame in that area I
think.
scott
turbovans
----- Original Message -----
From: "HotelWestfalia" <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
> Original design was to use the lug wrench. It is 19mm. And it's a big
> bolt, I think 14mm, so you can really go at it withoug worrying of braking
> it off. But make sure, you are turning it the correct way. It's easy to
> miss the direction when you are upside down to it. The wd40 won't help
> much
> if it's not going on the threads. Try to use a socket that has six sides
> instead of twelve. Those don't brake of the edges.
> Zoltan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David M" <covrambles@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 10:34 AM
> Subject: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
>
>
>> Nut looks to be like 19mm but my 19mm socket is a bit loose. Nut is very
>> tight has not been removed in over 10 years but I desperately need to get
>> my spare tire out and mounted. I tried WD40 but its real diffuicult to
>> apply it and so far it refuses to yield and the socket continually slips.
>> Anyone got any ideas? Personally, I think the whole concept of needing a
>> special tool to access the spare tire is a dumb design.
>>
