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Re: Secret of the Exhaust Nuts?
Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:48:48 -0600
>What is the secret to nut removal? Dremel with the small cutting wheel. I did thid two weeks ago. Try heating them as well...
Re: 84 head job update and questions
Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
Fri, 31 May 2002 19:51:13 -0400
...the wrist pin so that you can attach a nut and washer slightly smaller that the inside of the opposite circlip which you can...
Re: LVC. Bracket Design: Captive Nuts; A "Last Resort" ?
Historical mailing list - Edward V Barger
Sat, 13 Oct 2018 19:12:54 -0700
...In my lighting mfg small business we used them and Pop rivets had power tools to insert BUT now retired and with out all...
Re: Coolant Leak at Cylinder Head Cap Nut
Historical mailing list - karl
Sat, 30 Oct 1999 09:40:00 -0400
Tony, You can try resealing the nut, BUT- I have seen more than one cylinder head actually develop a hairline crack exactly around the...
Re: Lug Bolts / Nuts for Alloys The Same?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 9 Aug 2001 12:31:08 EDT
...the nut meets the rim you will have a very small amount of actual contact between the two which could cause the nuts and...
Re: Pirelli P6000 report
Historical mailing list - woody
Fri, 29 Jun 2001 20:51:13 -0500
...89 westy 64 kombi slow (big nut) 61 panel slower (small nut) 60 westy slowest (no nut) 57 oval > I recently put on a...
Re: Removing Wbx Engine Case Studs
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:41:47 -0500
...wrist pin, put a washer and nut or at least a nut on the inboard end (small enough to clear the C-clip on...
Re: Lug nut stripped - back from Sears
Historical mailing list - Austin
Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:48:13 -0800
...small pleasures & victories...) --- On Sun, 11/2/08, Dennis Haynes Subject: Re: Lug nut stripped - back from Sears Best tool for getting lug nuts...
Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:10:02 -0500
...The trick is to use an oxy-acetylene torch, small carburizing (low oxygen) flame and you want to quickly get the nut cherry red...
Re: Little VW Content but Relevant for the DIY Crowd
Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:00:23 -0700
...that I could buy > >> small quantities of the item I was looking for (Riv Nuts) was eBay? > > > > For nuts, bolts, hardware, fittings of various...
Re: how to get 360ft-lbs torque?
Historical mailing list - Paolo Damiani
Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:58:53 EST
...You'll probably wreck your smaller torque wrench's calibration if you don't outright break the thing. I have heard of certain wrenches...
Re: IS THE LIST GETTING SMALLER?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 29 May 2002 22:08:24 +1200
...to attract interest... -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Wed, 5 Feb 2014 20:41:17 -0500
...1 size smaller than the nominal > size so that there is less chance of slippage and rounding off of the nuts. > Should one dispense...
Re: fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:05:13 -0700
...that 'dent the nut' thing is purely about making teh vanagon less expensive to manufacture. It's a cheapness built in. the mercedes method...
Re: nut mm rear wheel
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Wed, 5 May 2004 13:52:34 -0400
...You don't need to get the big nut off to check the rear brakes (despite what the Bentley says). All you need to...
Re: Boston Bob's yellow head cap nut sealer
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Sat, 27 May 2000 08:25:29 -0400
Eric Small wrote: > > Folks, The head resealing procedure so kindly published by "Boston Bob" > refers to a yellow head cap nut sealer. Does anyone...
Re: Removing rear brake drums?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 07:18:13 EST
...axle nut. IIRC a place called Station One and Kimco make in essence provides a geared arrangement which you can use a smaller ratchet...
Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:18:42 -0400
...I'll be continuing to dismantle my > old '85 Westfalia in the coming weeks, and I'll post sizes of nut and bolt > heads...
Re: Winter tires: Vredesteins vs. Haakapellittas
Historical mailing list - woody
Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:37:22 -0600
...89 westy 64 kombi slow (big nut) 61 panel slower (small nut) 60 westy slowest (no nut) 57 beetle (for sale) > Dear List, > > Last...
diff retainer nut tool needed in mid-atlantic
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:27:21 -0400
does anyone have one of these? http://www.smallcar.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29779&sess_id=13d67a64ec9d49f330f3a1415d22546e i can pick...
Rear Drum removal
Historical mailing list - Kenn Draymon
Wed, 6 May 1998 14:13:13 -0700
...Lug nuts off, drum bolts off, it's stuck tight to the hub. No amount of smacking with blunt objects or sacrificing of small...
Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:29:07 -0700
...Procedure; Disconnect battery ground, remove 13mm nut at starter, remove wires from electrical bolt at starter and clean contact surfaces (Dremel with small wire...
Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
Historical mailing list - david kao
Thu, 19 Dec 1996 23:18:02 -0800
...The 14mm nuts is just a little bit smaller than the piston pin circlips. This is the critical part. Only if it is smaller...
Re: How to remove HUb cap (inner)? - Springloaded?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:21:58 -0400
...protecting the > hub nut on the steering knukle /spindle) > > IT feels like it is springloaded, and there is a small square stub > protruding from...
Re: 91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile skylight
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:35:59 -0800
...Also check the bolts/nuts holding the skylight to the hinge. I had a small but persistent leak that I finally observed to be...
Re: Tire recommendations wa
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
2 Nov 1995 09:16:46 -0800
...I have used just the smallest dab on the threads, and for those lugs or nuts that have a contoured shoulder that mates to...
Boston Bob's yellow head cap nut sealer
Historical mailing list - Eric Small
Sat, 27 May 2000 00:50:08 EDT
Folks, The head resealing procedure so kindly published by "Boston Bob" refers to a yellow head cap nut sealer. Does anyone (Bob?) know what...
Re: Sink P Trap Replacement and Replacement Hose
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:14:53 -0600
"Small needle nose handles work well too. Then it's a simple matter of unscrewing the trap or nut from the bottom." I used...
Re: Season's Greetings
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Sun, 24 Dec 2000 13:38:56 -0800
...chapter > > 89 westy comfy > > 64 kombi slow (big nut) > > 61 panel slower (small nut) > > 60 westy slowest (no nut) > > 57 ragtop beetle (for sale)
Porsche clamp nut fits Vanagon front spindles
Historical mailing list - Ed
Sun, 17 Jun 2012 02:49:38 -0400
An alternative to the original Vanagon crimp nut for the front spindle is the Porsche clamp nut (Porsche P/N 911 341 673 00...
Re: Breaking exhaust port bolt loose, 1.9L
Historical mailing list - Steve
Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:50:35 -0700
...I have 2 sizes, 13mm and 1/2", which is slightly smaller than 13mm and fits tighter on rusty old 13mm nuts. Just thin...
Re: Wheel lug nuts and wrenches
Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:07:18 -0800
...the lug nuts nice n tight with control rather than force ( small pressure long lever) c)allows me to turn the nut with a...
Re: Swinging table
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:17:08 -0400
...If you take this assembly off and use a hammer to drive a small washer between the edge of the welded nut on the...
Re: Electric windows
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:54:09 -0700
...not broken put them back and secure them with a small bolt/nut.... the plastic tab that hold them to the lift bar is...
How to remove HUb cap (inner)? - Springloaded?
Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:03:43 +0200
...protecting the hub nut on the steering knukle /spindle) IT feels like it is springloaded, and there is a small square stub protruding from...
Re: Cleaning/Checking Cylinder Head Question Follow Up
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:39:56 -0500
...1 size smaller than the nominal size so that there is less chance of slippage and rounding off of the nuts. Should one dispense...
Re: &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sat, 14 May 2005 19:32:20 -0700
...The 3/8 > nut is big enough not to go through piston pin but small enough not > to get caught up on the other...
Re: Jumpseat install questions
Historical mailing list - Pat Patterson
Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:27:13 -0400
...I cam home and put a few squrits of spray paint on the nuts and cut small holes in the carpet and put the...
Re: Exaust bolts
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:11:35 -0700
...I had some VW flange nuts today that 12mm was too big and 11 too small. 14"x5/8" chisel and 2 or 3...
Rear hub tightness
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:10:02 -0700
...with a small air wrench. Did that tool make it tight enough? What's the specs on that large axle nut? Hope that makes...
Re: lug nuts and bolts
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 21:49:51 -0500
Do you mean too small in diameter, or length? Jim Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 7, 2021, at 9:29 PM, John Rodgers...
Lug nut madness
Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 03:23:46 +0000
...While it is espressly discouraged by VW, I put a SMALL amount of oil on the threads before torqueing wheel bolts or nuts to...
Re: LVC. Bracket Design: Captive Nuts; A "Last Resort" ?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 13 Oct 2018 11:18:46 -0500
...Captive nuts that are truly captive—welded to the material part—have to be very precisely aligned. Plus not everyone has a way of...
Alloys for sale
Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
Tue, 9 Sep 1997 13:18:40 -0400
I have a set of original 14" VW alloys for sale complete with the lugs and nuts and the small hub caps in the...
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...
skylight lifter fix(ed) alt. idea
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:33:28 -0700
...The smaller ones fit tightly inside the larger ones and sort of give additional support to the larger flange. The inside diameter of the...
Re: How to install Wiper Shaft
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:41:11 -0400
...force(the taper shaft is small,after all) that attached the arm, and it will come off.The nut presses the arm onto the...
Re: Lug nut stripped
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 2 Nov 2008 13:45:40 -0800
...Suffice it to say, it's small. Neil. On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 1:43 PM, Courtney Hook <courtneyhook@shaw.ca> wrote: > Ok...
Re: Lug nut stripped
Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
Sun, 2 Nov 2008 13:43:11 -0800
Ok, my 120volt impact driver, is rated for 240 ft/lbs of power, which I believe, it whipped off nuts on my type 2...
Re: Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced?
Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:57:28 -0400
...to remove that big nut. If you remove the road wheel, you will find that there are two small bolts that hold the drum...
Connecting rod questions
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 13:40:52 -0800
...have a small "slot" right where it interfaces with the nut, and this slot receives the peened material from the nut. But, I'm...
Re: Hacksaw to remove upper nut for front shock?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sun, 2 Oct 2005 16:00:47 -0700
...it pretty easy to spin the shaft with a small ratchet while holding the nut with a wrench. If anybody really wants one I...
Re: Busted water pump and an extra nut
Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:08:46 -0700
...I bought the new pump from the Van Caf�; German made and came with both needed o-rings and the gasket for the small...
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: Bilstien install question
Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:05:24 -0400
...It seems with that spacer installed the lenght of the smaller diameter part of the shaft is the same as the OE shock. Without...
Re: Neat Stuff MVC (Mucho Vanagon Content)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:03:19 +1200
...They USE those vans, too. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut...
Re: broken gas pedal
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 12 May 2009 01:22:43 -0700
...If the end of the pedal toward the back of Matilda has two smallish holes (a bit smaller than 1/4 inch), then you...
Oh happy day!
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:37:37 -0700
...At one point though, while torquing the nut on radius arm, I heard this strange grinding sound. Of course it happened at the radius...
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: Intermittent low instrument reading?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 4 Sep 2018 11:26:50 -0700
...back of the instrument cluster there are a few of small bolts and > nuts... those are connections of gauges and and ground to the...