'90 Carat. Mine are the conical security bolts. They are hex with a pin sticking up in the middle so a hex wrench would fit except for that pin. I've run across them with several other things, so I just bought a security bit set from Amazon. Less than $20 And it fits them. GregM -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Alistair Bell Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2017 4:55 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: size of these bolts I have to correct myself, the anti tamper bolts have recessed hex , a hex socket. Yeah it's something to do with, and I'm guessing, prevention of defeating the steering lock. Alistair > On Jan 28, 2017, at 2:44 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > > Allistair... > > yes there's a hole on the bolt and I wonder why they don't put an allen slot in there... > > what were they thinking? who would steal a steering column? thieves will steal the whole van ! ! > > thanks ... > > dan |
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Vanagon mail messages have been archived.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.