Date:         Sun, 16 Feb 2014 14:16:43 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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From:         mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Steering column shear bolt removal
Comments: To: Cunegonde <cunegonde.van.westfalia@GMAIL.COM>
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Give them a good whack with a hammer and then visegrips. Replace with
good grade hex bolt or allen bolt.

The sheared off heads were to slow down potential thieves.

Mark

Cunegonde wrote:
> In process of removing the dash ("instrument panel" Bentley 70.6). Conical upper steering column bracket shear bolts have to be drilled out, or can they be backed out and replaced with fresh for reassembly?
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