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• Head gasket sealant.
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:27:33 -0500
  ...Does anyone know if this Dirko-S sealant can be used on both the gaskets and the head nuts, or do I use the...
• Re: Running out of castor adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:23:31 -0400
  ...The >nuts are almost all the way off the radius rods and still it's off >by a bit. The bushings are new, and...
• "Certifiable Diesel Nuts" (was Re: Vanagon engine swaps(long))
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Disse
  Sun, 4 Aug 96 10:53:31 -0500
  ...Get out your 50 pound How many other "certifiable diesel nuts" are there on this list ? I'm one myself and I'm wanting...
• propane tubing fittings
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 20:04:12 -0700
  ...ready to connect the tubing and tighten the flare nuts... but a question... I noticed that when I took the flare nuts apart there...
• Re: Input shaft question
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 19:47:24 -0400
  ...after you remove the retaining nuts ) >Remove the seals, replace the seals, put the flanges and the nuts back >on. >Put the axles back...
• Re: Bilstein shock tower nuts
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:38:53 -0400
  ...Bilstein shock tower nuts > > Greetings all, > In my continuing suspension rebuild, I want to include replacing old > shocks with some little used Bilsteins I...
• Tip for getting off rear axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Kreuzer
  Wed, 17 May 2006 21:19:52 -0500
  ...I guess there really is something to tightening lug nuts. not an urban legend as I suspected. I had just finished working on the...
• Re: Wheel stud supplier in Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:26:08 -0500
  Hey guys thanks for information on alternates (Porsche, T2 etc.) sources for wheel studs/nuts. Will check it out. Neil. --- joel walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK...
• Re: Steering rack replacement question
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 00:03:27 -0500
  ...The >rack came with >new bushings installed. > >The Bentley calls for replacement of any self-locking nuts removed (I >removed, discarded and replaced a...
• Re: LVC. Bracket Design: Captive Nuts; A "Last Resort" ?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 13 Oct 2018 11:10:26 -0700
  ...Maybe I've been lucky in the past but for the stuff I'm doing, I've been able to tack nuts fairly accurately...
• Re: [WetWesties] Simple Question on Pop Tops
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:38:35 -0700
  ...There appears/feels like there are nuts that those bolts go into, not threaded into the hinges themselves. So, are the nuts captive nuts...
• Re: spinning rear lug nut
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 00:50:07 -0400
  Did you replace the drums and not the brake shoes? Remove all the other nuts. Prying the wheel out to push on the back...
• bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:16:55 -0400
  ...There are 3 on each side (6 total.) On the South African, the nuts are held captive in a cage, are nylock nuts and...
• Re: Rear hub tightness
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 18:08:42 -0500
  ...mine off when I installed new rear axle stub bearings and >nuts, then took the van to a truck stop to get them torqued...
• Re: naturalbus&rafflebus
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 23 May 2012 09:28:39 -0400
  The winning ticket is burning a hole in my wallet and the counting is driving me nuts! Geo/ATL
• Re: Am I NUTS?????
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 18:04:10 -0400
  Turnabout it fair play....but I am waiting for Steven to buy the EV from Ric :-). Tom F.
• Re: Removing Front Shocks Question
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:14:34 -0600
  I warmed the retaining nuts with a heat wrench,and they came right off. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 85 GL
• stuff needed
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:43:08 EST
  Wheel bolt front carat 'mag' wheel. two real carat nuts, rear wiper motor, bumper end caps-chrome bumper. sid vicious
• Re: Yet Another Head Pullin' Question.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 21:53:26 -0500
  "you don't take 4 wheel lug nuts off leaving the last one at full torque ..right ?" Sure I do. Everybody does. Except maybe...
• Re: Exhaust manifold studs, how to tighten them into a block...
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 20 May 2016 09:17:27 -0600
  ...of > the nuts, then running the stud down into the head, but I can't make it get > tight...the two nuts will work...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:57:59 -0500
  ...My Craftsman 3/4" drive flex handle is healthy after all the times I've R &R'ed my rear axle nuts over the...
• Re: 2.1 rebuild - new nuts for case halves-thoughts for all bolted connections.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 May 2011 23:41:55 -0400
  ...I imagine that standard stainless nuts may be "less strong" then standard non-stainless nuts, but that is still a generalization. The alloys used...
• Re: lug nuts and mystery clip
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 19:27:50 -0400
  ...syncro, I wanted to make sure I could > get the lug nuts turning before I got a flat. Do other people have serious > problems...
• Re: Lug wench, steel nuts
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:53:06 -0800
  ...Lug wench, steel nuts Lemme say this about that. The REAL macho dudes who have shiny black studs at their disposal get a 3...
• Re: Locking wheel lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:51:00 -0700
  ...That locking-socket fits into the socket I use for the rest of the lug nuts. (I use a 16" long, 1/2" drive...
• Re: squeek is driving me nuts
  Historical mailing list - Pat Little
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:05:08 -0700
  ...squeek is driving me nuts When someone opens the sliding windows on my westy it sounds like fingernails on a blackboard. I've used...
• Re: Found on ePay... Ronal R9's
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:20:51 -0700
  ...The SCCA GT 2 Datsun 510 had the same kind of chrome flat bottomed nuts, albeit in a Japanese metric thread pitch, and I...
• Lug torque? How about zero?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 13:11:39 -0800
  ...Had to take off a nut from the other three wheels I had nuts on. That reminded me of the joke; The guy is...
• more (interesting) questions about rhein rims
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:27:28 -0700
  ...do most of you running these wheels use the stock lug studs in the rear? because some of the nuts only went on like...
• Re: To Copper Nut or Not?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:07:31 -0700
  They look just like brass Fiat exhaust manifold nuts. I'm pretty sure they were 11MM too. On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2...
• Re: New GRABBERS and question on installing shocks
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Fri, 11 Jan 2019 11:43:35 -0800
  ...hits the nuts Should I order the dust cap and the rubber front shock collar bushings shock tower nut cover cap nuts etc etc...
• Re: Anti-seize [WAS Re: Water Pump Replacement]
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:57:43 -0500
  ...I use it on everything but lug nuts, pretty much. I don't bother with say tapered sheet metal screws. Never had a problem...
• Re: ??? LUG NUTS & FRETTING CORROSION???
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 05:29:56 EDT
  In a message dated 9/4/00 9:26:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: << Re: ??? LUG NUTS & FRETTING CORROSION...
• Re: exhaust nuts and bolts
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:07:43 -0500
  Tom; Check out www.autotech.com/engnew.htm Stainless steel exaust studs! Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com
• Westfalia VW aluminum wheels
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 12:11:53 EST
  What lug nuts are correct? Bought it used and there is a mixmatch of bolts. Sidney in New Orelans.
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Tue, 6 May 2003 19:20:04 EDT
  Getting your nuts off works better if you pay attention! Jeff E. Lilburn, Ga. 87'WESTY Weekender (BOXOBLOX) 87'GL
• At long last finally and looking at lots of little problems to come
  Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
  Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:27:57 -0800
  ...I have the stainless steel carriage bolts from go westy for the pop top hinges but have misplaced the nuts and washers It should...
• Rusted Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:13:08 +0000
  ...I posted here a week or so ago that I was pretty sure the nuts were going to snap off, I wish I had...
• vertical bike mounts on rear hatch???
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 14:59:20 -0600
  ...Has anyone used Yakima's 'plus' nuts? Plus nuts are expansion nuts that allow one to blindly bolt a yak tower to sheet metal...
• Re: Lugs Or Nuts (Cont'd)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Sep 94 18:00:51 EDT
  ...the different terms being tossed around, now I am unsure - lugs, nuts, bolts etc.....DC -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa...
• Re: Sears disaster- LONG
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 24 May 2001 19:32:23 -0700
  You guys are nuts! I NEVER trust those places .... not after they scratched all 4 alloys doing an alignment and ruined most of my...
• Re: torquing axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:40:01 -0700
  ...torquing axle nuts On 4/13/06, Robert Fisher <refisher@mchsi.com> wrote: > > --snip-- > Always be sure to have him > balance on one foot...
• Re: calling redline lube heads
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:19:42 -0600
  ...Then tighten the two nuts together. Jamming the two nuts locks them on the shaft and allows you to turn the bolt, using the...
• Re: Need Alloy Lug Nuts/NAPA
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:22:42 EDT
  ...In turning these on the lathe, we chucked a 14 mm threaded bolt, shimmed it perfectly staight, then just screwed the nuts on and...
• Re: Vanagon alloy wheel question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:35:50 -0700
  ...oh........I have, a set of 10 'cone face' shiny new rear alloy lug nuts. They were sold as being exactly the same at...
• Re: Lobro Front Outer CV Joint Kits Puny Nuts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 07:48:32 -0400
  ...us spend about $23 each then we would each get 20 nuts apiece. Who's is interested? Cheers, <bold>Michael J. Sullivan </bold><italic...
• Is RE-USING front spindle nut OK....??? 81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - THOMAS IN GEORGIA
  Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:59:57 -0700
  ...I ordered 2 front spindle nuts from NAPA but they sent me the wrong ones so I re-used the old ones(front brakes...
• Re: Forget the Drums, How do you get the Lug nuts OFF!
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 14:53:03 -0800
  ...However, I naively assumed it would be easy to get the > wheels off--I could not remove even one of the lug nuts. I...
• Re: Bilstein shock tower nuts
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:11:11 -0700
  ...notice that the front shocks didn't have the shock > tower nuts which are apparently extra, extra fine M10's. I've been > contacting...
• Re: Wobbly wheel
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:37:04 -0700
  ...All of the lug nuts are tight. > The wheels came mounted and balanced from tire rack. > I thought maybe I hadn't tightened the...
• Re: nuts/bolts
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:21:30 -0600
  ...nuts/bolts > > |> > > |> > When completing repairs to my bus, I want to switch out > > |the heavily > > |> > rusted nuts and bolts as needed. I am having...
• Re: Weekender interior questions
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:40:49 -0700
  ...Can a weekender set up be retrofitted without >> needing to add these imposiable to get at nuts? Are the nuts included >> with all vanagons...
• 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: tire jack suggestions for 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:44:45 -0700
  ...They have a wheel lock set, but the key for the locking nuts uses a larger size than the standard vanagon lug nuts. So...
• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 20:22:50 -0600
  ...It it held on >> to the manifold with three 13mm nuts, these nuts go on to studs >> which go >> into the manifold. I really...
• Re: squeek is driving me nuts
  Historical mailing list - John Middelkoop
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:40:14 -0400
  ...squeek is driving me nuts > >>When someone opens the sliding windows on my westy it sounds like = > fingernails on a blackboard. I've used...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:16:50 -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: Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:51:11 -0700
  ...What do these nuts secure. I've stripped down several vans and I could possibly have some. Free to you, not a big deal...
• Re: steel/alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 02:27:23 -0700
  ...Most have 17mm heads as opposed tothe 19mm heads on VW nuts/bolts. I can have a few VW South African lugbolts for 2wd...
• 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...