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• Re: Wanted: Alloy Wheel Nuts
  Historical mailing list - Benjita
  Fri, 22 May 1998 16:06:58 EDT
  ...One set of lug nuts (10 ea) for Vanagon alloy rear wheels (I've got the front wheel lug bolts already). Any suggestions on...
• Re: CONROD NUTS TORQUE
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:06:13 -0500
  I think perhaps Robert Bentley is not German. (Yankees from Boston,I think!) Most important with the con rod nuts is to throw them...
• Crankcase nuts.
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 21:34:56 +0000
  Some of the plastic rings on the back of my cranckcase nuts have cracked off. Does anyone know where I can find some? Can...
• Syncro Front Axle Nut Sizes
  Historical mailing list - kris weber
  Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:24:37 -0500
  ...Does anyone know the > axle nut size and also the size on the retaining bolts of the CVs. Thanks Kris Weber '86 Westy Syncro...
• Re: Door Plate Tire Pressures
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:30:31 -0700
  That's what totaled my '85, a mechanical malfunction, the nut holding the steering wheel.... On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:11 AM...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 May 2007 15:40:48 -0400
  The right stuff must not be used on the cap nuts. The frictional qualities are not known or suitable for torque critical fasteners. If...
• Re: Leaky Head Nut?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 12:33:36 -0400
  Walter; The first thing that comes to mind; sealant in the nut preventing it from screwing all the way down. Swap it with another...
• 2.1 rebuild - new nuts for case halves
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Wed, 4 May 2011 15:36:07 -0500
  ...I am going to re-use the four internal water jacket nuts, but figured I'd replace the rest with stainless steel nuts and...
• Re: A/C tunnel
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:01:46 -0500
  ...I drilled holes and used screws with "speed nuts" (http://www.aaronspushnuts.com/tinnerman_spring_nuts.htm) instead of rivets. I thought the spring...
• Re: Seized Axel Nut
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:48:03 -0800
  You don't need to remove this nut to replace the brake shoes, only to replace the bearings. When and if you do need...
• Re: Breaking News - engine conversion from VWoA dealer!!
  Historical mailing list - woody
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 12:16:45 -0500
  ...deluxe Garcia bus 64 kombi slow (big nut) 61 panel slower (small nut) 60 westy slowest (no nut) 59 standard Garcia bus 57 oval
• Re: piston pin #1 removal question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:45:44 -0500
  Scott, You can use a length of "Allthread" with a washer and nut that will clear the circlip on the flywheel side ... but fit...
• Re: FS: 15" SA vanagon steelie(was: Now alloy lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:31:40 -0800
  ...Alloy lug nuts or bolts would work....but >> the >> > contact area is a lot larger on the alloy nut or bolt. >> >> >> I've seen...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - M. Jade
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 07:27:04 -0700
  Back in the early 80's when I still had my two beetles, (one 69 and one 73) I did encounter loose axle nuts...
• Re: Question about rear wheel bearing spacers etc.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:23:12 -0400
  Spacer 211501281E Nut: N 90149601 d On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 3:56 PM Jim. Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, on...
• Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:06:33 -0800
  ...I likely torqued the nuts on front bearings too much. Grease on outer bearing rollers was brown (originally pink), evidence of **light** scoring on...
• Re: Cool Tool for Rusty Nuts, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 20:19:01 -0600
  ...Cool Tool for Rusty Nuts, etc. > >Nice for VW exhaust nuts! How much? I know, if you have to ask . . . > >Stuart > >----Original Message----- >From...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 2 WD - rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 May 2005 08:40:43 -0500
  That 3/4 drive sounds weak to me for this particular nut. Why do you need to remove it? It is not necessary to...
• Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:27:27 -0500
  ...I know the axle nut is really a pain to get off, having recently > fought with a bug rear axle nut... I have an...
• Re: My wheel nuts are frozen!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Fish
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 13:34:52 -0800
  A socket fitted over the wheel nut and then rapped smartly worked on mine. I was told this frees the nut from the wheel...
• Re: Lug nut lubrication or not?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:30:03 -0500
  For years I've been using anti-seize on lug nut threads and contact surfaces. I feel that I always get an accurate torque...
• Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 02:14:34 +0200
  ...You need a 46 mm wrench to get the nut loose. Don't know what it converts to in inches, but VW uses a...
• Re: Stairs to the Westy roof?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 11:39:49 -0500
  ...Take lots of nuts, wouldn't it? <snerk> (All I know of nuts and nutting is from a rather charming story I read many...
• Re: ??? LUG NUTS & FRETTING CORROSION???
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:51:48 +1200
  ...I had to stand on it to get that nut loose! After that I used Coppercote, a grease containing powdered copper. Never seized again...
• Re: Vanagon bras? Who makes the best quality bra?
  Historical mailing list - woody
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:02:48 -0500
  ...garcia bus 64 kombi slow (big nut) 61 panel slower (small nut) 60 westy slowest (no nut) 59 garcia bus 57 oval > Who makes...
• Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ross
  Tue, 6 May 2003 13:10:52 -0500
  Does anybody have any tips on removing the big nut on the rear axle of a Vanagon? I'm trying to replace the rear...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:51:30 -0500
  For lug nut/bolt removal, I use a 1/2 inch breaker bar and a 19mm 6 sided socket along with a 3 foot...
• RE: Want new wheels/Rims for 82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 13:25:08 EST
  ...You may have some trouble getting the right lug nuts/bolts as Mercedes uses a smaller diameter and I doubt they use BOTH nuts...
• Re: What is the worst design part in the Vanagon - The Nut Behind the Wheel!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:22:27 +1200
  ...you callin' the worst part?? -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
• Re: emergency stuff
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:25:37 -0500
  ...The spare tire carrier's lock nut is also 19MM. Geo/ATL
• windshield wiper nut diameter + thread pitch?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:29:12 -0400
  ...the nut holding the driver's side windshield wiper on has stripped. Anyone know the diameter and thread pitch so I can hit my...
• Re: Lug nut stripped
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 10:36:21 -0800
  ...Lug nut stripped > One of the most helpful items I keep in my cars is a 12 volt > "emergency" impact wrench. They sell for...
• Gland Nut Overtorque
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 2 Jan 1995 10:59:33 -0600 (CST)
  ...John trick of the chisel on the gland nut, and we ate off two points of the nut without budging it. We ended up...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:09:29 -0700
  Rule of thumb aside, on factory alloy wheels VW used nuts that didn't even come close to meeting your "stud is flush or...
• hydraulic conundrum + parking brake actuator rod
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:12:32 -0400
  ...New lines, new T, new nuts. All of the new joints hold pressure fine except for the joint where the line from the front...
• Re: I'm kinda new around here...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 22:42:45 +1200
  ...Hey, we're ALL nuts on this list. It's just that SOME of us are nuts about T3s (Transporter Series 3, Type 25...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Sun, 8 May 2016 11:09:56 -0700
  ...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: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 6 May 2003 14:18:51 -0400
  This big nut doesn't have to come off to do brakes! Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 05/06/2003...
• Re: Huge Nut on Rear Drum
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:31:20 -0700
  You don't need to remove this nut or flange to do the brakes on your '88. Just back off the shoes a little...
• Re: Lugs - Answer?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 07:31:00 -0600
  Aha! Courtesy of Dave Filcoff, we have a first hand account of why alloy lug nuts that many of us believe to be (have...
• waterboxer head nuts leak
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 24 May 1999 12:55:21 -0500
  Does anyone have suggestions for stopping 1.9 liter waterboxer head nuts from leaking? I have a presistent problem with two of them. I...
• Re: Season's Greetings
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sun, 24 Dec 2000 13:12:15 -0600
  ...chapter > 89 westy comfy > 64 kombi slow (big nut) > 61 panel slower (small nut) > 60 westy slowest (no nut) > 57 ragtop beetle (for sale)
• awnings
  Historical mailing list - woody
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:16:11 -0500
  ...chapter 89 westy "the couch" 64 kombi slow (big nut) 61 panel slower (small nut) 60 westy slowest (no nut) 57 oval (for sale)
• Re: Lug wench, steel nuts
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:17:14 EST
  ...I then learned to carefully cut off the old nuts and get new ones. Maybe I'll get a 19mm socket for it and...
• Re: Friday humor. A parody on the tool company we love to hate.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:18:52 -0500
  At 12:36 PM 12/15/2012, Rob wrote: >The HH52A (Coast Guard helicopter) had a Jesus Nut, it was the large >castellated nut...
• Re: Bumper repairs, fibreglass
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:53:55 -0700
  ...I Bremmelled off the bolt and then BJ welded a new nut in place. >> OK, Ed. You really must have fried some brain cells...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:02:45 -0500
  ...The main nuts for the bearing get a special seal nut to try to keep oil in. Same for the oil pump nuts. They...
• Re: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:30:39 -0400
  ...Why my rear axle nuts got loose The suggestion to get them tightened properly asap is a great suggestion. I was thinking about how...
• Re: alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 15:57:58 -0400
  ...The nuts do have to be replaced though as the standards do not fit properly because of the above mentioned tapered versus rounded backside...
• Re: Muffler Replacement Project - Torque Values Needed
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 17 Aug 2013 08:18:35 -0500
  ...I want to use stainless bolts with copper lock nuts at this connection but had to order them through a Nuts and Bolt specialty...
• leaking cap nut? 1.9er
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bohannan
  Thu, 26 Oct 2017 14:58:02 -0400
  Just like the subject says… Why am I leaking out of only one (that I can yet see) cap nut?? Top driver rear… Draining...
• DIESEL need rod cap nuts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:21:34 -0500
  ...hoping someone reading this list will have a set of 1.6 diesel rod cap nuts in their junkpile. I need all eight. Jim
• Brake Drum Nut
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Wed, 30 Oct 1996 16:32:45 -0500
  Hey Guys, I'm on the way to the tool shop, what size socket do I need for that bigger than a 36mm nut...
• removing luggage rack?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 15:48:39 -0700
  Do I really have to remove my headliner (again) just to get to those four nuts that hold the aft section of the roof...
• Lug nut lubrication or not
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 2 Feb 2001 10:26:03 -0800
  ...Which is correct and why? Surely it is easier to open an over-tightened bolt or nut when it has some "Neverseez" on it...
• Stainless vs Copper exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:03:00 -0700
  Other than the fact that the copper nuts are self-locking and stainless aren't, is there any reason one is preferrable over the...
• UPDATE: Re: Hacksaw to remove upper nut for front shock?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 8 Oct 2005 13:12:05 -0400
  ...The hacksaw worked fine on the side where the nut was just twisting the shaft of the shocks. Thanks to everybody that replied, Wes
• Re: Source for Stainless Exhaust Hardware?
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:47:06 -0400
  SS nuts and bolts on exhaust will still have to be cut off after a short time due to galling. We did it once...
• Re: removing frozen lug nuts / bolts ?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:32:14 -0900
  ...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: rhein rims
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:28:18 -0400
  I use the tapered (cone shaped) lug nuts with my Rheins. Never had a problem except when the state inspector failed to tighten them...