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• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 08:48:53 -0700
  General rule of thumb for bolt to nut engagement: From a strength standpoint, the minimum length of thread engagement should be at least the...
• Re: Shocks again
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
  Sun, 2 Jan 2011 14:57:52 -0600
  ...The nut at the top of the shock shaft will not come off. The whole >> shaft turns when you try to turn the nut...
• Re: Propane leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:44:00 +0000
  try to gently tighten with one wrench over the hex nut and the X fitting flats held firmly in a big crescent wrench or...
• Re: A question of ORDER
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Jan 2011 16:33:39 -0500
  ...A small hint -- old rusty hose clamps respond much better to nut drivers and you'll hardly ever cut your fingers. And they have...
• Re: Frustrated with removal of Brake Drums
  Historical mailing list - Paul B.
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:20:31 -0800
  ...I can not think of another bolt or nut that has an 11mm head on it. Every other bolt/nut on the Vanagon around...
• Re: Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 02:19:59 -0700
  ...Beginning at paragraph 2, ""Undo the two small bolts securing the brake drum to the rear wheel hub and withdraw the drum. Tap the...
• Re: repost: anyone taken a power mirror appart and back again?
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 23:47:44 -0700
  ...I read the manual and did it, but it's not relevant because the nut is FROM BELOW the mounting mechanism and not from...
• Re: Urgent!! Anyone know what size the axel nit is?!?!?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 06:59:22 EDT
  ...Make sure the two small retaining bolts are removed first. It is however advisable to remove that axle nut and the hub once a...
• Rear wheel bearing play
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:00:04 -0700
  How much play is acceptable for rear wheel bearings? Both of mine have a small amount of play, enough to feel with the wheel...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: Westy Interior Swap- Rear Seat bolts without welding?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:35:34 -0400
  Does the height of the riser nuts have an effect if they're eliminated? I guess they just meet up flush with the wood...
• Re: Advice on an Oil-pump oily gasket slow leak
  Historical mailing list - David Devere
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 12:21:55 -0500
  ...These are self sealing nuts with a washer on the back so it is possible that maybe one or both of the bottom nuts...
• Re: Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:56:45 +0200
  ...I've removed the small nut at > >> hub > >> of > >> > the wiper arm per Bentley, but it seems solidly in place. Does the > >> 2nd > >> > larger...
• Hanging a propane tank ~ for sans tank vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brian Tipsword
  Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:49:19 -0800
  ...below the floor line) ~ 6 nuts (4 nylocks - 2 non) four large hardened flat washers and a small tube of sealant. If anyone wants...
• Re: Exhaust fun never ends - some progress
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:32:33 -0400
  These steel nuts in the aluminum heads have a way of becoming one! If there is enough stud to get a nut threaded then...
• Re: Eye candy for type I lovers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Mar 2013 16:36:50 -0800
  ...I had a 54 ..small oval window, semaphore turn signals. Purchased for $ 450, sold for 850, around 1981. Someone should come up with semaphores...
• Re: Spoked aluminun wheel covers- where can I get them?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 08:44:43 EST
  ...9 spoked anodized aluminum hub caps with 5 fake wheel nuts and a small center cap. They look like mags from a distance. Does...
• Re: Passenger Car Tire Example 1
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 23:17:48 +1300
  ...the weight and stresses of Tall, Narrow, Heavy Vehicle with a small tire diameter. Since when is it narrow? It's wider than the...
• Re: Rear Whell Bearings Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:27:34 -0500
  If there is no noise don't worry about that small amount of play. The high torque is necessary to clamp the complete assembly...
• Re: drums scraping backing plate
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 05:58:30 EST
  ...bottom) and only a small section of the drum is hitting the plate. Any ideas on this? The axle nut is properly torqued to...
• Re: removing Westy stove face plate
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 28 Aug 2017 08:14:20 -0700
  Pull the knobs and then the jam nuts. Underneath the front of the face are 3 small Phillips screws. Pull the bottom out and...
• Re: ATF down, coolant up and over... radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 23:18:01 EDT
  ...but it ain't got nuthin' to do with your radiator. On the front of your auto tranny is a small ovalish heat exchanger...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Why reduce engine speed -- vacuum guage -- small car header
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 13:50:41 +1200
  ...magazines found out. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
• Re: Too much heat?....
  Historical mailing list - JOHNSON THOMAS H
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 11:26:42 -0900 (AKST)
  ...a small set screw on the side of a fuel regulator that sits on > top of the heater. Loosen the lock-nut and turn...
• Re: Using gas inline 4 manifold
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 18:15:17 EDT
  ...I have devised a tool using a steel plate with two bolts and nuts on either end. The plate goes inside the "C" of...
• Re: Can VW find it's Beetle Juice?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:23:58 +1300
  ...VW needs a small car. The Golf V is huge, so really is the Golf IV. >There are lots of small and cheap cars...
• wheel rattle
  Historical mailing list - Timmy Evens
  Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:15:47 +0000
  ...and a small knocking noise that seems to be coming from between the wheel and the suspension arm. ideas? the nuts are all uber...
• FS: Passat steel rims 15x6
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Thu, 21 May 1998 15:24:32 -0300
  ...They can use the stock lugs/nuts, but you will be short about 1/8"-1/4" due to smaller head diameter. FLAPS can...
• 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: gas prices..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 07:37:03 +1300
  ...As for Vanagons >this is one reason I stayed with a small displacement engine >swap, 1.8L inline. This is also why I have...
• Re: Breaking exhaust port bolt loose, 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:09:33 -0700
  ...A good box wrench should be used here. > If you rounded the nut off enough and this will no long work, use > a small...
• Re: Knobs, wheels, etc.
  Historical mailing list - H Steven Dolan
  Fri, 5 Aug 1994 08:10:10 -0700 (PDT)
  ...or was it 28mm?) that > fit the nut on the wheel. first, you have to get that little horn button > out of the way...
• Re: Speedometer Part
  Historical mailing list - Edmund Shotwell
  Wed, 28 May 2003 11:40:03 -0400
  ...So I took it apart a second time and this time I noticed a small brass nut on the tripometer dial that was not...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk!
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:20:36 -0800
  ...You're thinking of the T11, a small "people's car" with a TWO cylinder aircooled engine, which was likely an inspiration for Dr...
• Re: Yet Another Head Pullin' Question.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 21:53:26 -0500
  ...you loosen them all in roughly equal small > steps. > > you don't take 4 wheel lug nuts off leaving the last one at full...
• Re: Heads stuck to piston sleeve
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 21:25:14 -0400
  Hey hammerhead, what keeps the entire assembly from moving out? Gonna put the head nuts on and try it? -----Original Message----- From: richard <juju34...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:42:36 -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: speaking of flat tires. . .
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 15:34:52 -0800
  ...bar popping those lug nuts loose! Jeff Palmer wrote: > > However, when trying to change the wheels myself, the lug nuts > were simply immovable. I...
• Re: More on TR 16x7 steelies
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:16:02 -0800
  ...The diameter of the ball they >> are >> machined to fit is smaller. There is a guy on Samba selling hybrid >> nuts >> needed to properly...
• Re: Yet Another Head Pullin' Question.
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:12:18 -0800
  ...on ALL series of fastners ..you loosen them all in roughly equal small steps. you don't take 4 wheel lug nuts off leaving...
• Re: Most common Nuts 'n Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:58:47 -0800
  I do have a set of standard I got at a yard sale that goes up to 1" bolts - way small for railroad, but...
• Re: Luggage Rack Rattle
  Historical mailing list - HERMANN DE BOER
  Mon, 20 Mar 2000 09:10:12 -0600
  I got rid of my droning by putting two small plastic clips as buffers between the rack and the body in the middle of...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:47:42 -0500
  ...And > since there is one thread engagement for each turn, the minimum number of > turns is 9.3 for the nut/bolt engagement. > > In...
• Re: What lugs do Carat Alloys need?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 7 Jan 2013 08:19:02 -0800
  ...but .....they have or may still sell cone seat bolts and nuts that have a smaller surface area in the cone area, than a...
• Re: Head sealants??
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 11 May 2007 14:11:17 -0700
  ...I've used > both Victor Reinz and Elring gasket kits and both came with small tubes > of yellow sealant for the cap nuts and...
• Wheel Bearing Thrust Washer
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 3 May 2006 12:25:59 -0700
  ...nut on. This is because the groove in the spindle (which the tab on the thrust washer fits into) tapers to a smaller size...
• Re: striking caution by dennis
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 8 May 2016 10:46:10 -0600
  ...wrote: > Any time you are tryingbto remove a large nut - heck, even some smaller nut > or bolts - some extra precautions are in order. Dennis...
• Re: Wiper Arms
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:23:57 -0500
  ...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: Wipers Moving Independently
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:19:05 -0400
  ...If too much of the arm's soft metal is gone, you might have to add a small washer under the nut so it...
• Re: Alloy Wheels for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 02:43:55 -0400
  ...set of four which includes the small hub caps in the center and the special lugs and nuts. the wheels are located in Los...
• Re: Installing Starter Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:14:16 -0700
  ...bolt with a diameter silghtly smaller than the inside diameter of the bushing.� I then threaded a nut onto the bolt so that�the...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:47:03 -0400
  ...A small version would be handy for cranky and difficult > Vanagon Axle Nuts. > > John > > On 9/29/2013 6:01 AM, Stephen Grisanti wrote...
• Re: Vanagon Head Leaking Around The Head Nut(S)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 16:48:21 -0700
  ...An easy way to tell is to use a small butane torch to heat that area of the head. Water will begin to "seep...
• Re: Exhaust fastener sizes needed
  Historical mailing list - tolga
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:27:43 -0500
  ...Hex Nut 8mm x 1.25 pitch > >Collector Pipe to Cat Converter Kit >3 ea Bolt Din 933 8x45 >3 ea Hex Nut 8mm...
• Re: circlip on lower ball-joint
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:51:52 -0400
  ...Two nuts on top of the shock provides a lock nut effect. If new shocks, some use adifferent size nut where the origial cap...
• Alternator wiring help.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Kovach
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:20:55 -0400
  ...The 2 reds are attached to the larger stud and the blue is attached to the smaller stud on the alternator. Another red wire...
• Re: Most common Nuts 'n Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:40:22 -0800
  ...but if it's a waterboxer ..the lower starter mounting nut ( on a stud ) is originally and usually 15mm .. the engiine cross bar nuts...
• Re: Breaking exhaust port bolt loose, 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:48:51 -0400
  ...If you rounded the nut off enough and this will no long work, use a small pair of vise grips, and then throw the...
• Re: Rear axle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 14:42:44 -0600
  ...There should be a single small bolt head visible. That is the only thing that holds the drum on besides the lug nuts themselves...
• Re: Nuts!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 16:51:11 -0700
  ...smallest qty > available..100! > Appreciate your response though! > > > >From: wilden1@juno.com > >To: marybiba@HOTMAIL.COM > >CC: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Subject: Re: Nuts...
• Alloy wheels for sale
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:46:57 -0400
  ...They fit all Vanagons and they are complete with the special lug nuts and bolts and the small hub caps. A set of five...