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• Re: Idea to Re-use Worn Wiper Arm?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:23:04 -0800
  ...but did get slightly smaller. The second arm didn't (likely because I used a bolt head instead of nut) but on each, the...
• Re: How to remove HUb cap (inner)? - Springloaded?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:55:46 -0700
  ...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 - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 19:32:12 -0800
  ...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: NVC -- Need easy-out or similar tool for 10-32 stainless steel bolts
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 11 Dec 2016 20:30:29 -0800
  ...Do you have a good set of small drills? Can you sneak up with drill size to drill out most of broken part and...
• Re: Shocks and brake job, one question
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:40:36 -0700
  ...that big rear hub nut to deal > with first, and whatever joy that entails. This job started out small, and > just keeps growing... > > -- > Shawn...
• Re: speaking of flat tires. . .
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 08:15:16 -0800
  > However, when trying to change the wheels myself, the lug nuts > were simply immovable. I can imagine getting stuck in the > middle of winter...
• Help! Inaccessible nut in fiberglass sidepanel bracket...
  Historical mailing list - Walt Oliver
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 15:08:58 -0400
  ...guessing there's a captive nut which broke off the bracket. I tried sliding a number of small, flat wrenches, including a 15mm bicycle...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:30:24 -0700
  ...No camshaft nut loosening and re-setting of cam timing. > > Any reason a Diesel would be more sensitive to (very small variations in) cam...
• Re: main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:51:05 -0700
  ...So all the bolts, even the small ones, intrinsically keep everything in place. So if you torque the main bearing nuts at like 65...
• Re: Connecting rod questions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:17:24 -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: Replace oil filler neck - EH?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:00:32 -0700
  ...here's a trick...........assuming you have another nut - you unscrew that hard to access one with a small chisel and hammer. But you...
• 1980 Oil Change... Simple?
  Historical mailing list - Captain
  Sun, 2 Jun 96 00:19 EST
  ...I found what I assume is some sort of nut. It was roundish with a small tip on one side and a hex key...
• Re: Bus wheels on a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 12:50:01 -0800
  ...The lug nuts from the alloys have cone shaped seating surfaces. That small detail is very important, since you don't want your wheels...
• how to get 360ft-lbs torque?
  Historical mailing list - Gary E Thaxter
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 15:24:48 -0500
  Does anyone know of any way to torque axle nuts to the torque specified without driving to a garage that has a 4-foot...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 10:44:14 -0700
  ...spray a small amount of water on the outer part of the brake drum: does the water vaporize? Spray that axle nut and see...
• Re: Rear axle
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:24:08 -0500
  ...Remove the two small 11mm head bolts in the rear drum. Use a hammer and hit the face of the drum between where the...
• Re: vanagon rims
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 09:09:28 +0200
  ...However, they take a smaller >bolt and a nut with a different shape of seat. I'm also not sure that the= >offset is...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 20:18:20 -0500
  ...had a small grinder. We strung one long extension across the road >and I ground and ground and ground on that nut. Had to...
• Follow UP - Leaky Head Nut?
  Historical mailing list - Walter E Stephens
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 21:24:03 -0700
  ...Leaky Head Nut? > Walter; > The first thing that comes to mind; sealant in the nut preventing it > from screwing all the way down. Swap...
• Re: windshield wiper nut diameter + thread pitch?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:59:33 -0700
  ...cut into the arm's soft metal. > Sometimes, a small washer under the nut will allow you to get a little > more out of...
• Noisy KYB's (again)
  Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:52:46 -0800
  ...Anyway, Handling is great but small bumps seem excessively loud as if something is loose. I jacked up the van last night and used...
• Re: Advice if you ACTUALLY REPLACED your exhause headers
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:35:28 -0500
  ...Cut most of a nut away with a Dremel, carefully so that you don't hurt the stud. Stretch a nut by squeezing it...
• Engine nut and intake air distributor
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:29:55 -0700
  ...Seems that ever since I got the rebuilt engine, I have been getting a small puddle of fluid on top of the engine just...
• Re: windshield wiper nut diameter + thread pitch?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:51:52 -0700
  ...Sometimes, a small washer under the nut will allow you to get a little more out of the arm.� Once the soft metal is...
• Re: Gas time line: nuclear nonsense
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 06:32:48 -0400
  ...nut Andrew, Depends on what you mean by small. The Spruance class destroyers are ~9000 tons and 563 feet long - is that small? They...
• Loosening Tight Fasteners (was: Help getting lug nuts off)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 01:56:10 EDT
  ...Help getting lug nuts off My '83 westy has a flat in my driveway and if I use the "factory supplied" lug wrench all...
• Re: Wiper Shaft Stripped
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:52:21 -0400
  ...small sharp pick, install a new or good used wiper arm and you should be OK. When you tighten down on the new nut...
• Re: rear brake adjusting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 10:33:42 -0500
  ...What's the story? NO! NO! NO! Do not try and remove that big nut for rear brake work!!! There is a small bolt...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 11 May 2007 13:32:40 -0700
  --- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Coat the nut face and place a small bead on the stud thread. > Final torque should about 37ft...
• Re: Front wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:08:02 -0700
  ...Those bearings and races are slightly smaller than the later ones. You can tighten the nut until you strip the spindle on those, it...
• Re: Big end rod clearance 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 13:25:35 +0000
  ...yet small enough on the outside to fit in the block opening. Then, wit the 3/8 threaded rod use another nut and washer...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:31:11 -0700
  ...had a small grinder. We strung one long extension across the road > and I ground and ground and ground on that nut. Took me...
• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:23:28 -0500
  ...small carburizing (low oxygen) > flame and you want to quickly get the nut cherry red without getting the > stud to match. The nut will...
• Re: Guess what?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:21:59 +1200
  ...power unit of the Japanese small car. >Guys can't obtain this unit in the United States. >This small car isn't exported to...
• Piston Pin?!
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Fri, 5 May 1995 10:10:42 -0500
  ...a piece of all thread, a nut, a nut ground on a bench grinder to be slight smaller than the pin, but not pull...
• Re: Removing stuck nuts and bolts e.g. Axle Nut
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:57:55 -0500
  ...All that is required is to remove a single small bolt in the face of the drum, and the drum slides off over the...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 May 2007 15:40:48 -0400
  ...Coat the nut face and place a small bead on the stud thread. Final torque should about 37ft/lb. If you feel a stud...
• Awning attachment
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 14 May 2006 17:53:12 -0700
  ...They look like the small letter h. One h is mounted to the van open end up, the other to the awning open end...
• Re: Coolant leaking at upper head nut
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 01:27:52 -0800
  ...On another note, I have a very small coolant leak coming from an upper head >nut. I've never heard this mentioned and didn...
• Re: removing ball joint nut?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:41:23 -0400
  At 12:20 PM 9/3/2009, Dave Mcneely wrote: >>all, I do have a small air hammer that I've never used not...
• Help w/ FS
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Sat, 6 Jul 1996 23:34:05 -0400
  Help, I had a small hardware problem today (nut loose behind the keyboard) and lost my mail files. I think I read a post...
• Re: Propane heaters; Are you SERIOUS????
  Historical mailing list - woody
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 21:34:21 -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: Major exhaust woes! (Stud replacement???!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:26:45 -0600
  ...You need to get the flange, nut / bolt white hot prior to removal, and the Home Depot propane tool just won't do the...
• Solved &^%(^&%&^%$b wrist pin clips!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 14 May 2005 17:16:36 -0500
  ...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: Steering column cover needed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:53:51 -0400
  ...It had been fixed once by > someone else and had a small bolt through the clip and a nut on the outside > in the...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon 2 WD - rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Fri, 6 May 2005 10:00:34 EDT
  ...Why do you need to remove it? It is not necessary to remove the nut to remove the rear drums. There is a small...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 14:09:43 -0400
  ...spray a small amount of water on the outer part of the brake drum: does the water > vaporize? Spray that axle nut and see...
• Re: Front Wheel Bearing Adjustment (searched)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:14:51 -0800
  ...I was surprised (newb still) at how small the increment of turn on nut is before it's too tight, or too loose creating...
• air vent repair
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Sep 95 18:30 CDT
  >Lee. >ps, yes I'm at the stage where I take the smallest >insignificant parts apart, clean them and put them back - >sad really...
• cant reach the alternator bracket
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:48:28 EST
  ...Austin Vee Dub--the mechacic had a small "S" wrench and was able to tighten 1 nut----the other he had trouble reaching---he...
• Ooooo......small blue puddle !
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 14:03:34 EST
  ...a small blue puddle under the front of the engine!! Visions of lots of work, rusty exhaust nuts etc, flash before me !!! Upon closer...
• Re: Smell gas...
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:13:38 -0700
  BJ Feddish wrote: >This one is driving me nuts. I can smell gas when I come towards the van, >especially near the sliding door...
• Re: wipers won't stay tight
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:33:09 -0500
  ...I used a metric die one size smaller (forget which size) and a new nut has held the new wiper arm fine since then...
• Re: Lug Nuts for Audi 5000 Turbo Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 26 Oct 2003 04:35:03 +0000
  ...The ball seat on the smaller stud/nut is >proportionally >smaller. > >Your lugnuts from your steel wheels can fit an Audi alloy wheel with...
• Re: Coolant leaking at upper head nut
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:14:23 -0800
  ...On another note, I have a very small coolant leak coming from an upper head >nut. I've never heard this mentioned and didn...
• Re: LVC. Bracket Design: Captive Nuts; A "Last Resort" ?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 13 Oct 2018 11:10:26 -0700
  ...Regardless, the flange helped keep nut aligned flat to the parent metal. I either bolt the nut to the work then weld it or...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinder Installation Q:'s
  Historical mailing list - Erikson-Coyne
  Mon, 20 May 2002 00:02:33 -0500
  ...turn freely as you work on the visible nut. VW - in its wisdom - put a small hole on the side of that bracket. The...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - slow, slow water leak in my old engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:22:30 -0800
  ...It's just nut and bolt work. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of AAG - Larry Word...
• Re: Lugs & Center Caps for factory alloys?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:00:42 -0400
  I have the alloy lug bolts/nuts in stock at all times. They are both aftermarket in chrome. The original ones were just plain...
• Re: 15" audi wheels with tires Seattle CL $150
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:07:55 -0600
  ...That's a small money > still. But > where do I find a set for $300? All I have seen have been at least > $100...