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Date:         Mon, 7 May 2012 12:26:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Replacement for Steering Column's Upper Bolts?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
In-Reply-To:  <4fa811c4.c8bde00a.32fa.55e3@mx.google.com>
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>> Vice-gripping a round bolt head is not my favorite way to >> remove/install bolts. > > But the fact that you *can* demonstrates the pointlessness of using > the bolts. VW think they have to be drilled out.

VW are optimistic.

Thanks, all!

-- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore. 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

On 05/07/2012 11:17 AM, David Beierl wrote: > At 01:53 PM 5/7/2012, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >> Other than the heads, are there anything magical about these bolts? > > The price. > >> Can I just bang in a couple of regular bolts? > > Yes. M8x1.25 > >> Vice-gripping a round bolt head is not my favorite way to >> remove/install bolts. > > But the fact that you *can* demonstrates the pointlessness of using the > bolts. VW think they have to be drilled out. > > Yrs, > d


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