Date:         Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:47:06 -0400
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Shear Bolts/Steering column
Comments: To: David Beierl <synergx@ibm.net>
In-Reply-To:  <4.2.0.58.19990809142643.07007f10@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>
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  You have no clue.... do you.... I'm not trying to make you angree
but the purpuse is not as you see it. If you are in a head on
collision these bolt are make special to break, being torch incorrectly
will jeterdice(sp) this..... Gotta run.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler


On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, David Beierl wrote:

> At 12:22 8/9/99 -0400, EMZ wrote:
> >    I think you missed the point of shear bolts. They break off
> >at you install them. What is left is a bolt that had a very
> >specific torch.
>
> I didn't miss the point, Eric, we just disagree <g>.  I say that what's
> left is a bolt that has been intentionally made difficult to remove, just
> like the one-way screws in restrooms.  There's nothing about that set of
> crummy sheetmetal brackets that needs any extra-special torque tolerance,
> and I'm not convinced that shear bolts would be the way to get it if there
> were -- too hard/expensive to make them to an exact spec, and plenty of
> other ways that don't involve having to drill the fool things out to remove
> them.  You know, castellated nuts, torque+angle etc.  But all these things
> are doing is holding the column up to a couple of bend-in-your-hand
> brackets coming from the top of the dashboard.  Not exactly rocket science...
>
> :)
> david
> David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net
>