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• lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:55:05 +0000
  What is the correct size lug nut for a syncro westy with factory alloys?
• Re: What torque for 2.1 rod nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:46:44 -0700
  ...and I thought only bolts were toque-to-yield, not nuts. It's the bolts, not the nuts, that would be classified as TTL...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Camber Nut
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 23 May 2024 18:04:21 -0700
  ...I used red lock-tight, and locked in the nut > with > > the old nut. I also torque over the recommended 54 ft. lbs, to...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 10:44:14 -0700
  ...The proper torque procedure of the rear axle nut is to first torque the nut to 360 ft lb. Continue to tighten the nut...
• NVC -- Need easy-out or similar tool for 10-32 stainless steel bolts
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 11 Dec 2016 22:50:13 -0500
  ...Basically the 1/16-inch tubing is connected to pumps, columns, etc., with the ferrule nut followed by a ferrule. You screw the ferrule...
• Re: WBX Cylinder Head Nut Torque check, re-torque
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:09:13 -0700
  ...torquing WBX head nuts (I think it's the first one): > > - in Bentley torque sequence, check torque of each nut, re-torque as > needed...
• Re: 17mm Allen wrench for lube change
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 22:14:22 -0600
  ...Use the outer nut to tighten the socket. This way you are always working against the jamb nut. Steve Sandlin http://www.steveslockshop.com...
• Re: Starter Motor Installation
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 05:47:29 -0700
  ...I'm embarassed that i did not notice > the nut earlier. Found the nut and finished the job this evening. Your > help is much...
• Re: Removing Wbx Engine Case Studs
  Historical mailing list - Pascal
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:38:24 -0400
  ...I sometimes put a lock washer in between the nuts but I'm not sure if that does anything. Also, sometime the use of...
• Re: Rear axle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:56:05 -0600
  Gary McEachern wrote: > I'm having a problem removing the nut on the rear axle of my Vanagon. Gary, maybe I missed an earlier...
• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:10:02 -0500
  If the nuts are good enough a get a wrench to grab the hard part is over. The trick is to use an oxy...
• miserable wal-mart. had a lug nut perma-stuck to the lug..
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 02:20:28 -0700
  now i have to go grovel to the dealership for a replacement lug and nut set. *Cringe* anyone know how much they would charge...
• Re: Removing stuck nuts and bolts e.g. Axle Nut
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:44 -0500
  ...Removing stuck nuts and bolts e.g. Axle Nut > > A very neat little trick - and a good one. > > For what purpose did you need...
• Re: Coolant Leak at Cylinder Head Cap Nut
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 30 Oct 1999 06:12:42 EDT
  ...Would it be wise to purchase a new nut? >3. Is it prudent to repair this one nut without touching the rest of >the...
• Re: WBX Cylinder Head Nut Torque check, re-torque
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:35:45 -0700
  ...The loose nuts will be > obvious and you can only make this better. If a nut continues to turn and > you feel like the...
• Re: Removing stuck nuts and bolts e.g. Axle Nut
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:39:29 -0700
  ...This nut is torqued to something like 320-360 ft pounds (gotta check the manual for the exact spec) and can be a bit...
• Rear axle nut. Uuugh!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 04 Nov 1994 08:52:23 EST
  ...For the same amount, I could have the nut cracked with a chisel, and put NEW nuts on. (I found a place near here...
• Re: rear axle
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 00:00:06 EST
  I have a tool that I found in1989 for removing the huge nut keeping the rear drums in place on my 69 Westy. It...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Nut Grade Matter?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:26:23 -0700
  ...Dealer would have > to order nuts. > > Nut and washer for bolt still available. > > A UK site showing long bolt: (they also show the eccentric...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 14:09:43 -0400
  ...If the Drum appears hotter than the axle nut.. Its probably the brake shoes need re-setting. If the nut is hotter… probably the...
• If you are putting the alternator back in........ lesson
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Rogers
  Wed, 14 May 2014 09:23:26 -0400
  ...took off nut and put on dipstick support bracket, put all nuts and washers on and started to tighten...then I said to myself...
• Re: Secrets of exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 12:00:39 -0600
  ...Heat, LOTS of heat applied to the nut will always make the nut grow more than the stud. Be careful not to MELT the...
• Re: Bilstein shock tower nuts found
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:52:19 -0400
  ...They also have both nylock and all metal lock nuts in those sizes. Consider getting the lower shock bolts or at least the nuts...
• Removing head nut
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 19:38:18 -0700
  Ok, I went to reseal one head that had a leaky head nut that I just could not seem to seal with the head...
• Re: Seized Axel Nut
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:13:58 -0500
  ...That's a fairly special nut and VW changed to it when they increased the torque spec by more than 50% (the old nuts...
• Vanagon Head Leak
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Arnfeld
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 21:23:32 -0700
  The rear nut holding the "Intake air distributor" to the crankcase is doing its best to remain firmly attached to it bolt. As many...
• size of nut on spindle of 1981
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:55:34 -0700
  I need to remove the upper ball joint nut to get the brake (bracket) line off, I'm installing new calipers. Does anyone know...
• Re: torquing axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:50:35 -0400
  File a match mark on the hub and nut and retighten till they match.
• FW: Help getting lug nuts off
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 17:40:19 -0400
  ...Help getting lug nuts off Bryan wrote.... My '83 westy has a flat in my driveway and if I use the "factory supplied" lug...
• Re: nut mm rear wheel
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 5 May 2004 17:09:44 +0000
  ...Wed, 5 May 2004 09:51:17 -0700 > >ok something is weird i checked a nut size on a website it showed 30mm, but...
• Re: Front License Plate nuts?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 2018 13:33:43 -0500
  There were plastic inserts in there?!? I just used short bolts and nuts. Of course, that means you have to remove the bumper to...
• Re: Friday torque
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 11:36:23 -0800
  Here's a simple Friday guide on how to torque the wheel lug nuts on a vanagon: Using a 1/2" drive with a...
• Re: Rear wheel axle nut torque
  Historical mailing list - T.J. Sheffield
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 15:13:53 PDT
  Dear Volks, My Bentley manual, with a copyright date of 1989, lists the following for rear axle nut torques: Page 42.1, Quick Data...
• Re: starter removal 1986 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:18:29 -0400
  The nut is removable. To make it easier, I always remove the boot from the throttle body to the AFM. Then I can see...
• brass nuts
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 09:59:46 -0700
  ...The alternative was a specially alloyed > heat-treated stud > nut. Very pricey. Brass nuts were pricey too. > > I don't know of any reason...
• Re: 12 Step program
  Historical mailing list - woody
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:55:13 -0500
  ...Garcia bus > 64 kombi slow (big nut) > 61 panel slower (small nut) > 60 westy slowest (no nut) > 59 standard Garcia bus > 57 oval woody...
• Re: Wheel lug nuts and wrenches
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:06:47 -0500
  ...They run those nuts up *real* tight, and getting 'em back off by hand can be difficult. I usually have to stick the wrench...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 7 Apr 2003 - Special issue (#2003-388)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 11:34:29 -0600
  The only exhaust stud nuts that I have ever seen that were totally satisfactory were brass nuts. Not cheap brass, but high quality brass...
• Re: Lug nut stripped
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:23:37 -0500
  ...THEN they will take the torque wrench out and go around the car "clicking" it on each nut, which is of course a useless...
• 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 4 Jan 2014 16:15:52 -0600
  ...Does the big nut threaded on the pipe though the oil cooler have to come off before the pipe itself can be backed out...
• Re: Wheel bearing play (in Baja Sur)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:12:39 -0800
  Busdepot has the peen nuts but I've reused them. Also.... On my '88 and '81, even if I "lifted" the peen before removing...
• Re: fancy front wheel bearing nut with clamp
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:57:14 -0700
  you are thinking of a mercedes benz front wheel bearing securing nut. it's a slick set up ....it's a 'clamp nut' .. there...
• Re: Rear axle nut socket
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Sat, 5 Jul 2003 20:16:13 EDT
  I have found a very good axle nut removal tool. It is a 7" metal cutting blade by Vermont American, and is super-cheap...
• Re: Lug Bolts / Nuts for Alloys The Same?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 11:47:48 EDT
  In a message dated 8/9/01 11:29:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ctb1@PEOPLEPC.COM writes: > Are the lug bolts and nuts...
• nuts in steering linkage and rack
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:08:08 -0500
  In the illustration of the steering system, (48.4) Bentley notes "always replace" indicating the nuts. I assume from this that these are single...
• Head Cap Nuts - part II
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Tue, 17 Dec 96 14:44:10 -0600
  ...once everything gets scrunched together, the nut stops turning. NOW. when you release the torque on the wrench, the nut *WILL* spring back maybe...
• Re: Tip for getting off rear axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 17 May 2006 22:48:08 -0400
  ...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: ? Lock Washers on Exhaust Fasteners?
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:24:44 -0400
  I use brass nuts on the cross-over pipe, cat, and muffler to tailpipe for this reason. Stick with VW steel on the manifold...
• Re: Rear Wheel Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 6 Oct 2011 23:13:44 -0500
  UH-OH!! You are saying the hardened steel cone portion of that nut separated from the less hard steel outer part. Right? And that...
• Re: Lug nut stripped
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 13:49:17 -0500
  Nope, it's the nut face. Sorry, I should have been more specific. I'm going to drive over to Sears a little later...
• Re: tie rod end removal Q
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 10:28:02 EST
  Take the nut totaly off the tie rod end ,oil or grease the rod threads // put the nut back on the thickness of the...
• Re: Secrets of exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:36:31 EST
  ...If the stud comes out it needed replacing anyway because it is corroded to badly for the nut to come off on the threads...
• Rear wheel bearings - repeated nut tightening required?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 12 Apr 2017 10:39:46 -0600
  ...It needed maybe 1/3 of a turn. *** NOTE *** There is a cotter pin in the nut, so it's not like the nut...
• Re: Mounting VW Alloys on '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - J.W.Brier
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:43:10 +0200
  > I realize that the alloy wheel nuts have a different shoulder angle, but >it still appears that the stud must be changed to fully...
• Re: nuts in steering linkage and rack
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:26:23 -0500
  ...He shows the parts, described in the EKTA as a "self locking nut". 8mm. The parts guy then went on to say that their...
• Re: Radius Rod (strut) Newbs: Clean First!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 13:11:56 -0700
  ...Image, new nuts > installed: > > https://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/RadiusArmNuts.jpg > > Those nuts are also lock nuts. Turn each a bit at a...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:02:26 -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...
• General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:23:52 -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: Hacksaw to remove upper nut for front shock?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:14:31 -0700
  At 10/2/2005 01:50 PM, Raimund Feussner wrote: >If you want to replace the shock, use the hacksaw. >Usually, the nut on...
• Re: Stainless vs Copper exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 15:11:10 -0500
  <<Other than the fact that the copper nuts are self-locking and stainless aren't, is there any reason one is preferrable over the...