Date:         Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:07:51 -0400
Reply-To:     Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
Subject:      Self Locking Nuts--"Always Replace"
Comments: To: Tim Smith <smitht@UNB.CA>, dhaynes57@msn.com
Comments: cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
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Tim and Dennis, the manual says to replace all self locking nuts
(the kind that are deformed thread or crushed type).

I notice that the M8 nuts holding our driveshaft on are of this
type. Would you really replace these nuts each time you take the
driveshaft out?

At 10:39 AM 10/5/98 -0300, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I dropped mine off at a local jobbers supply, It was rebuilt and
returned
>in a MOOG box.  They hadn't any cores!!!  Took 2 weeks. Cost
$360Cdn two
>years ago, so keep trying.
>
>More recently... Walmart sells a PS leak fix fluid, can't remember
the
>brand, but says on label suitble for  Subaru, Saab.... Audi. The
stuff
>WORKED in my '86 Audi.  Took the whole bottle,1/2 then another 1/2
3 days
>later (first half slowed it down nicely) now still full after 3.5
weeks,
>the reservoir was leaking down empty once a week, from the rack end
seals.
>Audi racks are also ZF manufacture, same as VW. I really didn't
expect it
>to work at all, but $3.99 was worth the gamble.  YMMV!!!  (watch
out,
>WallyMart sells two other PS leak stops WITHOUT the compatibility
list and
>WITH a warning to consult repair manual, just too risky)
>
>bye, Tim Smith
>
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Derek Drew                           New York, NY & Washington DC
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