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• Ball joints - Pickle Fork?
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 18:19:31 -0500
  OK, I've got my tire off, the large nut off the ball joint and the two hex nuts are also off. I rented...
• Need help; shifter linkage '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 21 May 1998 17:12:30 -0700
  ...I'm trying to install the large nut that goes in the end of the guide pin. But since the guide pin is round...
• Re: Starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:36:59 -0700
  ...that size nut. I'd say you are down to .. vice grips, heat it in place, or unscrew it with a large semi-blunt...
• Re: Huge Nut on Rear Drum
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:35:56 -0700
  ...I believe these are simply called axle > nut removers, and any VW parts place or large FLAPS should > carry them. All Type IIs and...
• Radius Rod (strut) Newbs: Clean First!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:10:50 -0700
  ...combine that lock nut with thread crud and a long wrench, it felt like it might snap! Cleaning the large portion of threads is...
• Re: Sizes of large fastners?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 12 May 2012 12:49:36 -0700
  ...what size in mm the large crank > pulley bolt on a waterboxer is? Also size of rear axle nut on Vanagon? > > Thanks in advance...
• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - david kao
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 23:18:02 -0800
  ...It is basically a one foot long bolt with 4 nuts and 3 or 4 large washers. It costs a few bucks from hardware...
• Re: 88 GL Oil Cooler Removal - Internal Wrench Size
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 17:30:17 -0600
  John, can you use another of the large nuts as a jam nut? Jim > On Jan 1, 2014, at 4:50 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113...
• Re: Friday humor. A parody on the tool company we love to hate.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:36:43 -0800
  The HH52A (Coast Guard helicopter) had a Jesus Nut, it was the large castellated nut on top of the Main Gear Box shaft, it...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 09:55:16 -0700
  ...The mental image of looking at the assembly as a large bolt with nut holding the various inner-races/sleeves firmly together . Pz
• Re: Diesel Engine Mounts
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 18:22:54 EDT
  ...or enlarging the mounting slots on the frame and use larger bolts/nuts. I think I paid about $45 ea. for the 83 style...
• Re: Side Mirrors
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  28 Jan 1997 08:50:42 -0800
  ...Once removed, turn the mirror so that the mounting base is bottom side up and locate the 10mm (?) nut. By judiciously tightening this nut...
• Re: Big tools for your big nuts; was RE: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:05:21 -0400
  ...of a large blunt >object, Those do work, but much of the shock from hitting them goes through the bearing (tool > nut > axle > bearing...
• Re: Have I screwed up this head?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 22:51:37 -0500
  At 9:11 PM -0700 7/31/98, Tom Young wrote: > Since I've never had great luck replacing studs using the "double > nut...
• Re: Countersunk screws on latch on rear of the sliding door
  Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
  Thu, 5 Dec 2019 10:51:31 -0500
  ...If the nuts are welded to the door frame, would it better to retap the nuts, possibly with the next larger (or use English...
• Re: FS: 15" SA vanagon steelie(was: Now alloy lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 07:49:37 -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: KYB Noises
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 5 May 2003 10:18:48 -0700
  Jay wrote: >I didn't re-tightened the top nuts on the fronts, only checked the large >bolts and nuts. It is not a...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:51:00 -0500
  ...An idiot light sender isn't much larger than a large nut. The gauge sender for my SunPro oil pressure gauge is a bell...
• Rear Axle Stub Nut; Some Shops Remove for Brake Work?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 9 Jun 2015 11:47:33 -0700
  ...stub nut. I assumed a wheel bearing was replaced but saw no paper work for that job. (bus c/w a large folder of...
• Re: Remove rear axle nut no e brake?
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 9 May 2016 19:49:33 -0300
  ...If a LARGE chock is used the van will remain in > place. An additional chock placed at the alternate wheel will also help. > That...
• 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 4 Jan 2014 16:15:52 -0600
  ...1) 24 MM is the largest socket I have - I don't what size that nut is - and if I have to buy one...
• Re: power mirror, replacing large nut
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:11:30 -0700
  ...power mirror, replacing large nut > For me, this was a two-man job. > > One to hold the mirror in place, and the second (me...
• Re: Any pilot bearing tricks ??
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 03:34:57 EST
  ...Place a large washer on the bolt and then the nut. Tighten the nut until it comes up taught against the big washer. While...
• LCD Screen source for your camper
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:38:36 -0400
  Head to your local larger bookstore or computer store and pick up a copy of Nuts & Volts off the magazine rack. It's a...
• Rear hub tightness
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:10:02 -0700
  ...Did that tool make it tight enough? What's the specs on that large axle nut? Hope that makes sense . . . -- Rachel http://www.Spectrumology...
• Re: Steering Wheel Adust/Horn sounds
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:37:38 -0700
  ...wheel base (before > installing the large, top nut, for what that's worth. > * If I snug the top nut the horn doesn't sound...
• Re: Tightening Door Mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:23:46 +0100
  ...Inside the mirror bracket is a coil spring and nut. The nut needs to be tightened to stiffen up the tension. If you tighten...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  7/14/95 9:51 AM
  ...I then sanded the nut to be only slightly larger thickness than the original nut. Finally I milled out a notch on the top...
• Re: Adjusting Rear Camber
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:18:14 -0600
  ...I couldn't get it to move with a large screwdriver or any other tool. Larry A. On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 5...
• Re: Product review: folding lug wrench / It's Wonderful!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:42:03 -0500
  ...a 3/4 >inch nut, then it is nearly 1/16 inch too large for a 19 mm nut. So, do you 3/4...
• RE: Leaking from head nuts
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 08:05:16 -0700
  ...Others have recommended Bars Leaks, especially for larger leaks. I don't know, but I chose AlumaSeal because I reasoned that the extremely large...
• Size of machine screws for 84 table?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:59:24 -0400
  I had an 84 Westy tabletop (kind with the large silver round mount) in storage. I separated the two for easier storage, but I...
• CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Jim Gressmann
  Sun, 28 Jul 1996 22:13:12 -0700
  ...Do I have to remove that large nut on the axel, or do I need some sort of extended tool to reach the 6...
• Re: Photos of broken alternator pulley
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 May 2012 16:13:15 -0700
  ...Is the spec for this nut crazy large? When I > disassembled, everything was still fully tight, and the split washer was > still completely and...
• Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 08:57:04 -0700
  ...Haynes says blithely "Undo the large nut that joins the upper control arm to the steering knuckle and remove the flexible brake line." I...
• Re: Found: alternative longer lugbolts
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:26:05 EDT
  ...out and re-contouring the lugbolt/nut seat to accommodate the larger radius VW/Audi lugbolts/nuts. On another application, I'm using MB...
• Re: nuts and bolts to use on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:11:55 -0800
  ...We also looked for the thickest nuts we could find. Theirs a > large selection in sae. Metric, I just don't know. A few...
• Re: RoadHaus - Premature wheel bearing failure
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:04:05 -0400
  ...The large nuts that hold both bearings were tight .. no concerns of > improper torque. > Tight? How tight? Years ago when I drove a VW...
• 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
  ...Two bolts to mount the alternator bracket to the engine block are just plain missing! > There are two nuts, one large and one small...
• RE: Rear axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Mon, 9 May 1994 8:21:56 -0400 (EDT)
  ...what size nut we have on the Vanagon but I have used non-metric sockets. My father and I have a large selection of...
• Re: Secret $15 steel wheel source
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:14:46 -0500
  ...I've seen some aftermarket nuts where the seat does not roll all the way around to the threads of the nut. These sometimes...
• A fix for "My window won't stay fixed!"
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 10:54:38 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I then sanded the nut to be only slightly larger thickness than the original nut. Finally I milled out a notch on the top...
• Re: Eurovan oil filter Warning
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 14:40:06 -0400
  ...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: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jul 1996 21:44:18 -0700
  ...event for him. > > John Just 'cause he uses this technique on LARGE nuts doesn't make it an aproved method. Nor does doing it...
• Help me split the case!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:55:51 -0700
  ...2 small studs/nuts to left of breather 14 5 bolts/nuts along top of engine 19 6 large bolts/nuts surrounding crank bearings...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 3 Jun 2015 10:03:35 -0700
  ...The mental image of looking at the assembly as a large bolt with nut holding the various inner-races/sleeves firmly together . Pz
• 91 Bumper attachment question.
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:38:26 -0800
  ...The left one is loose but the round non-hex nut thing inside of the bumper spins when I turn the allen nut. Was...
• Rear axle
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:46:39 -0500
  I'm having a problem removing the nut on the rear axle of my Vanagon. Any suggestions? Gary Gary McEachern, Reading Ma. '90 Westy...
• nuts
  Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
  Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:36:02 -0500
  ...I open the engine hatch and low and behold there is a large walnut jammed in the throttle body. That was an easy fix...
• Re: Rear Axle Stub Nut; Some Shops Remove for Brake Work?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 9 Jun 2015 18:18:00 -0700
  ...stub nut. I assumed a wheel bearing was replaced > but saw no paper work for that job. (bus c/w a large folder of...
• Re: Rear wheel lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:47:14 -0500
  ...He often comes through for me for hard to find items and items large and small. eRic Caron 85 GL Auto > On Nov 29...
• Re: Cool Tool for Rusty Nuts, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 9 Nov 2013 16:20:29 -0500
  ...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: Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:07:06 -0700
  ...I've removed the small nut at hub of > the wiper arm per Bentley, but it seems solidly in place. Does the 2nd > larger...
• Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 4 Jan 2014 14:29:18 -0800
  ...nut > there just to set the position of the cooler on the pipe? > > I ask for two reasons: > > 1) 24 MM is the largest...
• Alternator wiring help.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Kovach
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:20:55 -0400
  ...attaches to the large stud with the other 2 reds - now 3 reds are attached to the larger stud and nut. Is this correct...
• Re: Mercedes wheels
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 00:04:32 +1300
  ...spacers.. > >chris You will have to drill the holes for the larger VW studs, if they are off a Merc with 12mm studs. -- Andrew...
• 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: 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: Removing rear brake drums?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:17:20 -0800
  As Ben mentioned: "There's also a large tool available which looks like a huge box wrench with no handle. has a hole for...
• 15" Tire Rack Steel Mercedes wheel for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 18:00:31 -0700
  ...Tapered (conical) lug nuts and bolts are desirable but the stock nuts and bolts will work. The lug holes are already drilled large enough...