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• Re: syncro upgrade to 15 inch wheels
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 7 Aug 2004 12:20:05 -0400
  If you already have alloy rims, then you should be able to use the same lug nuts on the SA alloys. If you don...
• Rear Axle Nut Socket Source?
  Historical mailing list - Rod Smith
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 16:41:52 -0400
  Hi; Looking for a source to purchase a rear axle nut socket for my '84 westy. From what I understand this is a 46mm...
• Lug Bolt/Nut Size/Thread Pitch
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:30:30 -0600
  Conrad, The nuts and the bolts for your vanagon wheels are all the same size. 14x1.5mm. BenT has the longer hardware if you...
• Re: Is Quebec invading the Outer Banks?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 May 2007 14:37:38 EDT
  apparently quebecians are absolutely nutty about westys. some of them even spend 24/7 fixing their vans up, and even paint them red! those...
• Re: Radius Rod (strut) Newbs: Clean First!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 16:56:27 -0400
  ...Image, new > nuts > installed: > > https://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/RadiusArmNuts.jpg > > Those nuts are also lock nuts. Turn each a bit at a...
• Re: Anti-seize [WAS Re: Water Pump Replacement]
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 15:41:53 -0400
  At 02:59 PM 6/9/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >How many nuts are there? I had to remove one to pull the...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 16:11:09 -0500
  ...On those nuts that hold the crankcase halves etc together....do you guys typically use self locking nuts or do regular nuts with blue...
• Re: Countersunk screws on latch on rear of the sliding door
  Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
  Sat, 7 Dec 2019 11:55:16 -0500
  ...I found one article on the web that described putting a nut on the bolt by taking off door panel and putting the nut...
• Re: anti-seize
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:38:48 -0700
  dear nuts i always apply a little bit of grease to the inside of the nut before i spin it on i have not...
• Re: Vanagon axle nut torque ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 9 May 2005 13:48:05 -0400
  ...Mike jbange wrote: >> (1) Formula for re-torque on this axle nut? >> Now tighten you slotted axel nut to 360 ft pounds. >> 360 Divided...
• Re: loose rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:08:11 -0500
  ...loose rear axle nut my main thoughts are that it wasn't tightened really properly initially. the torque value on that nut is way...
• Re: Jumpseat install questions
  Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:27:13 -0400
  ...I then bought some large nuts that would not fit the round pegs on the front of the jumpseats. I put the 4 nuts...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:45:38 -0700
  ...you need short and long, deep and thinwall, 6 point, 12 point, and tubing nut wrench . etc. etc. and LOTS of penetrating oil. ----- Original...
• Re: nuts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:48:30 -0600
  ...I > actually cracked it open and ate it! > > Brian Honan > > Harrisburg PA where there are lots of nut bearing trees. Well, the Brazil nut...
• Re: nuts in steering linkage and rack
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:43:16 -0500
  ...Allan "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> writes: > Unless specifically designed for the purpose such as a Grade C > prevailing Torque locknut, nuts should never...
• Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Steven Smith
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:59:45 -0700
  ...but in the last couple of days my drivers side wheel started clunking and when I checked, the spindle nut was just a little...
• Torque
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 08:14:26 -0500
  ...That will remove just about any lug-nut . After a bad experience with air tightened lug-nuts I abandoned the standard bent-pipe lug...
• Re: Rear Wheel Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - Rey Wood
  Thu, 6 Oct 2011 21:24:22 -0400
  The nuts on the rear wheels seem to be divided in two parts - a cone shaped bottom half that fits into the hole in...
• Anti-sieze on 1987 Alloy lug nuts ?
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 00:10:16 -0800
  ...Lloyd ( with 10 new front lug nuts on order) McClelland Eureka, California [text/html]
• rear axle nut size?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Schaer
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:08:48 -0500
  Anyone know the correct socket size for the rear axle nut? It appeared to be 1 3/4", but that is just a hair...
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 6 May 2003 14:21:44 -0500
  ...He said he wanted to get that big nut off and in actuality I've been working on my Splittie brakes and the nut...
• Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 13:41:35 -0600
  It is the same as the stock lug nuts so the "special tool" lug wrench will work just fine. Jim On Sat, Mar 5...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:50:55 -0400
  ...Both nut and stub axle were ruined. > That only happened once in dozens of years though. > > it's good to take things like the...
• Help removing fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Peter DiFalco
  Sat, 23 Nov 2013 15:03:39 -0800
  ...the nut securing the fuel pump bracket to the rubber mount just spins in place, and it seems to be the only nut I...
• Adjusting Rear Camber
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:31:46 -0700
  ...The Bentley procedure seems simple, perhaps too simple? Just pull off that plastic cap from the big nut, loosen the nut, pry the trailing...
• Fw: Crutchfield- lots o Vanagon speakers, any fit?
  Historical mailing list - woody
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 13:09:53 -0500
  ...a Neato chapter 89 westy 64 kombi slow (big nut) 61 panel slower (small nut) 60 westy slowest (no nut) 57 oval (for sale)
• Re: Tire lug nut question..
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 18:15:56 -0400
  ...The alloys do use a different lug nut, which is quite expensive. While I have driven on alloys using stock lug nuts for a...
• Re: Missing Exhaust bolts
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 07:35:36 EST
  ...I have found that by using Nylock nuts solves the problem. The nylon locking device does melt somewhat but will keep the nut from...
• Re: hydraulic conundrum + parking brake actuator rod
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:22:39 -0700
  the parking brake actuator rod > sheared when I tried moving the parking brake adjustment nut. It > doesn't look to me as if any...
• Re: fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 23:11:18 -0700
  By the way...the clamping nut on the Bugs was the same way.� There was a left and a right.� They tightened in the...
• Re: Adjusting the Emergency Break
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:08:17 -0800
  ...The Break adjuster (for > lack of a better term) nut(you know the nut that connects the two > break cables to the long metal...
• Re: Eurovan oil filter Warning
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 11:32:58 EDT
  ...It is held >onto its mounting by a large, flat nut. When changing the filter on vanagons >it's easy to see/feel if...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 8 May 2016 10:46:10 -0600
  ...You can > never tell when a piece of shrapnel will come flying off. > > As for large bolts or nuts such as the axle nut...
• Re: Upper & Lower Ball joints replaced...and worn out after one year!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:23:15 -0400
  ...I loosened the large outer nut and remembered the number of turns.Then I loosened the inner nut the same way. Then I removed...
• Re: removing studs from new heads
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:22:38 -0400
  I've used stainless nuts and bolts on my exhaust for years and have found it makes things 100% easier. I haven't had...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:12:13 -0500
  ...removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ? To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Anti- Seize on lug nuts or bolts? Now there's a recipe for disaster...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:01:15 -0700
  ...in one extreme case ..even with heating ...the nut galled the threads on the stub axle taking the nut off.� Both nut and stub...
• Syncro Front Axel Nuts--(Let me know if you want in on this deal)
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 23:50:59 -0400
  ...Metric has those front axel nuts I want and they only cost about $2.30 each compared to, like $8 each or something at...
• Re: Propane lines
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 10:26:57 -0700
  ...IIRC, the shop I went to sold me "forged" nuts. On 4/3/15, Michael <mikewelldon@icloud.com> wrote: > Also, the nut came off...
• Lug Nut Torque
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 10:36:48 EST
  ...for the lug nuts. I don't have my Bentley handy to check what they say, but there may be a different spec for...
• Re: ??? LUG NUTS & FRETTING CORROSION???
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 16:58:34 -0400
  ...This way the corrosion never gets a real good foot hold. -Larry > What can be done to ease the removal of Vanagon lug nuts...
• Busted water pump and an extra nut
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:41:13 -0700
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=409400 Got nuts?
• Same torque for alloys?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher T. Berchin
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:32:19 -0400
  ...My Bentley only lists one torque for lug nuts and doesn't specify if the alloys are different. Is the recommended torque for the...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:04:07 -0500
  Throw those buggered up lug nutz away! All 10 of them! Ron will sell you a new LN for about a buck. It is...
• Re: Engine worries return
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:01:49 -0700
  ...The OEM sealant between each head nut and head should, in theory, remain flexible. For me, checking nut tension, turning a few nuts a...
• Rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:42:10 -0400
  Question about the torque of the rear axle nut. I have always been torquing this nut to 360 ft. lbs. Saturday, my neighbour comes...
• Re: Studs & lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 13 Jul 2013 08:03:35 -0600
  ...Studs & lug nuts > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I recently purchased a set of use Hankook's mounted on Vanagon alloys > that > > I > > believe came off a...
• Re: Rear Drum
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 07:52:27 -0400
  ...You don't have to take the center nut off. It may make things a bit easier but removing the center nut is just...
• Re: More on TR 16x7 steelies
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:17:04 -0800
  ...When I first swapped thm over I was using the stock VW nuts. Please get intouch with Loggy on the Samba or source your...
• Re: 12 Step program
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:42:05 -0700
  ...deluxe Garcia bus > 64 kombi slow (big nut) > 61 panel slower (small nut) > 60 westy slowest (no nut) > 59 standard Garcia bus > 57 oval
• CONROD NUTS TORQUE
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:36:05 -0700
  I looked and could not find the torques specs for the conrod nuts. This is a 2.1 L regular van. 87 model. Also...
• Re: Pressure Bleeding the Clutch slave/master
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 24 May 2005 11:55:58 -0500
  One of the most frustrating things about the clutch slave is trying to get it out! The nut and bolt nearest the engine is...
• power mirror, replacing large nut
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:14:01 -0700
  The spring-loaded nut that threads on the shaft inside the base has come loose. I have had to replace this nut before, but...
• Re: Propex and getting gas tight fittings
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 02:34:25 -0400
  ...Install the flare nut. Use long flare nuts only for gas; short flare nuts are for water, refrigeration lines, etc. Long flare nuts also...
• Re: FS: 15" SA vanagon steelie(was: Now alloy lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:05:23 -0800
  Don, Scott's talking about the wheel nuts and bolts that come with Vanagon alloy wheels - they are different from the ones that are...
• Re: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: Rods: SYMPTOM NOT CAUSE:UNBALANCED crank the ....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 12:20:34 EST
  ...nuts on the rocker arm stand, valve adjusting screw nuts, nuts on rods, case bolts, etc. The WBX engine is based on a T1...
• Re: If you are putting the alternator back in........ lesson
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 14 May 2014 08:54:41 -0700
  ...took off nut and put on dipstick support bracket, put all nuts and washers on and started to tighten...then I said to myself...
• Re: Lug nut madness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:19:36 -0400
  ...In addition, the clamping force will change as the nuts or bolts are reused. ~70% of the forces applied to a nut are carried...
• Re: Two bolts to mount the alternator bracket to the engine block are just plain missing!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:13:06 -0800
  ...I believe these bolts have nuts in either 17 or 19 > mm nuts. Not sure about the size of the smaller nut and stud...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment (searched)
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:44:04 -0600
  ...Something you can do with a peen nut. -Ry http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:51 PM...