VANAGON archives -- April 2013, week 3 (#76)

Date:         Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:36:08 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Manual Transmission Mount Bolt Grade
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAB2Rwfj=PV8Qj_87Fm7iprQw5jiGkZ6+wbCc01QnSUeMjPvL7w@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

I'm no authority on fasteners but I don't know about 8.6 and would guess
what you saw was 9.8 up side down.

Mark

neil n wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I may need to use a longer than OEM cross bolt where the transmission
> front mount bracket bolts to the bracket on the frame.
>
> The bolt I removed has 8.8 grade mark and "K H S"
>
> Longer bolt I'd like to use has what *looks like* 8.6 or 8G and "F II
> S"   or  "F H S"
>
> IF the second bolt is a grade 8 bolt, is it ok to use in place of the OEM bolt?
>
>

Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!

Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com

The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.