Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:53:46 -0500
Reply-To: Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
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From: Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Subject: Re: Mr. Metric nuts are in!
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Dear Steve,
These are replacement nuts for the front axles that Lobro supplies with their CV joint kit. In short, Bentley says you MUST replace the nut each time you install new CVs. And the nut Lobro supplies is "wimpy" compared to factory original. VW wants $8.00 each for the exact same nut that I just ordered from Mr. Metric!!! Unfortunately, Mr. Metric only sells them in boxes of 50 -- hence the group purchase.
Interested? The more people who participate, the fewer the number of nuts PER PERSON. Most people want from 4 to 6 (2 are needed for both front wheels), but they have been willing to take up to 10 as these are so hard to find.
Note: I'm not making a dime on this.
Cheers,
MJS
At 08:43 AM 11/12/98 -0800, Steve wrote:
>Ten axles nuts per person??? What are they?
>steve
>
>Michael Sullivan wrote:
>
>> Dear Gang,
>>
>> I have just received the box of 50 high-strength axle nuts from Mr. Metric. As Derek mentioned earlier, these puppies are nearly TWICE the size of the Lobro units!!
>>
>> I presently have five people signed up to split the cost. At ten nuts per person the cost is $22.50 plus $2.50 shipping for a total of $25.00. If we get one additional person, then the cost would be eight at $2.25 = $18.00 plus $2.50 shipping for a total of $20.50. If we get two additional people, then the cost would be seven at $2.25 = $15.75 plus $2.50 shipping for a total of $18.25. Three additional people will drop the total price to $16.00 -- you get the idea.
>>
>> I will wait until Friday at 5pm before closing the offer to additional list members -- NO exceptions!!!! (ANYBODY ELSE ON THE VANAGON LIST INTERESTED? -- HURRY & SIGN UP!!!)
>>
>> I will then inform the people who have signed up as to how much is owed and where to send the check.
>>
>> The five that have signed up so far are:
>> David Bogle <<bogle@bway.net>
>> Mark Drillock <<drillock@earthlink.net>
>> Mark McCulley <<raven@halcyon.com>
>> Rick Koller <<rkoller@helix.nih.gov>
>> Michael Sullivan <<sullivan@openmarket.com>
>>
>> Talk with y'all tomorrow. (and thanx for the tip, Derek!)
<bold>Michael J. Sullivan
</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design
Open Market, Inc.
</italic>
'87 GL Syncro Westfalia
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