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• Re: Wheel Theft Prevention
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 19 Sep 2004 17:52:11 +1200
  ...Locking nuts? Ditto kryptonites. Chain a cougar to each wheel? Food costs... Keyed nuts? Only a few patterns available, and thieves will have full...
• Re: 11mm brake line wrench
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 12:30:45 -0400
  ...11mm brake line wrench A trick I often use with brake line nut wrenches is to place the proper wrench on the nut, then...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:54:43 -0700
  ...Other factors to consider when fastening parts with nuts and bolts: Cut or rolled threads, grade of the nut and bolt, thread pitch, material...
• Re: Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 15:30:42 -0300
  ...Took me 1 1/2 hours and I worked slow, cleaning everything hah ^^ Watch it folks, the VW solenoid uses big 13mm nuts to...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:07:07 -0400
  ...wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes > you really need several versions of each tool.. > you need short and long, deep and thinwall, > 6...
• Re: spinning rear lug nut
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 24 Aug 2015 04:41:42 -0700
  ...Remove lug nut. Grind tack weld. Remove stud. Replace stud using Loctite stud & bearing sealer. (Green Loctite) Reassemble. Jim > On Aug 23, 2015, at...
• Brake line Flare Nut Threads + Antiseize Ok?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:54:02 -0700
  ...Is it ok to apply a *little* anti seize to threads of new brake line flare nuts? (and possibly between tube and nut) Type...
• Re: Nuts and bolts to use on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:03:50 -0800
  I may have read of other Vanagon wrenchers prefer copper nuts and washers. or I heard it from a guy at my mechanic's...
• Re: Upper Control Arm Nut Grade Matter?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:05:42 -0700
  ...Upper Control Arm Nut Grade Matter? > > >> At 01:39 PM 4/13/2011, neil n wrote: >>> >>> Does the nut grade matter much in this...
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 6 May 2003 18:33:01 -0600
  The drum slides over the big nut on the axle shaft. There are two 11 mm retaining bolts holding the drum on the flange...
• Re: Broken Head Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:31:12 -0800
  ...how could you forget it's nuts on studs ?.. it's a whole weird deal compared to all normal engines .. the nuts have sealant...
• Re: Wheel stud problem
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:57:05 -0800
  ...At > the rate I'm going today, I just might end up flipping > the van on myself trying to "loosen" the big nut > (read...
• Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size
  Historical mailing list - Gary Thaxter
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 21:09:47 -0400
  > didn't tighten my nut that hard, I'm sure. I just gave it all I got, and > installed the cotter pin. A friend...
• Re: Exaust
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:31:08 -0500
  ...Exaust Thats BOGUS!!! ?Even in a worst case scenario a nut cracker can be used to remove a nut without backing out a stud...
• Re: Loosening Axle (rear)
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:23:51 +0000
  ...I know the axle nut is really a pain to get off, having recently fought with a bug rear axle nut... I have an...
• Re: Busted water pump and an extra nut
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:09:26 -0700
  ...Just something for future reference as it seems VW Canada left that nut in there no? Good news you found the broken metal bit...
• Leaking from head nuts
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Sep 1996 22:40:16 PST
  Anybody have any trouble with coolant leaking from the head nuts. Mine just started leaking and I was wondering if anyone had any comments...
• Re: Thump x3
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:40:05 -0400
  Check lug nuts!! If they are loose, check rim to see if lug bolt holes are now worn out of round before you tighten...
• Free: Jack & lug-nut wrench
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:35:33 -0300
  I salvaged a vanagon jack (and lug-nut wrench) out of canadian 85-6-7, yours if you want it, you pay shipping. M
• Re: Front axel nut "peening"
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:29:16 -0500
  ...I think what this is referring to is the indentation on the shaft, and how the nut must be bent into that indentation so...
• Re: Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 22:46:09 -0400
  ...I recently replaced my front axle nuts with the split axle nut from a 911 Porsche. This allows adjusting bearing preload at any time...
• Re: nuts/bolts
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:42:17 -0500
  > When completing repairs to my bus, I want to switch out > the heavily rusted nuts and bolts as needed. I am having > trouble finding...
• Re: New Vanagon Nut
  Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 19:16:33 -0800
  ...He today added a 83 Diesel ASI Camper to his fleet that already > contained a 82 Diesel Westy. (2 or more Vanagons = Nut) This...
• What does this say?
  Historical mailing list - Mudd 'Not Jack' Sparrow
  Sat, 18 Jul 2015 16:44:43 -0700
  http://www.motor-talk.de/news/comeback-des-bullis-in-den-usa-t5372948.html WIRTSCHAFT33 VW Nutzfahrzeuge: Möglicher Export in die USA Comeback des...
• Re: current model lug nuts and bolts for alloys?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 04:31:47 EST
  ...The allen head version must be bolts, I'm guessing, and not nuts. But they could be nuts. Heck, I could be nuts! Although...
• Re: Nut Size
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Thu, 9 May 2013 08:47:47 -0400
  ...A plain nut with no locking collar would not stay on in this application. Stainless for corrosion resistance, obviously. Mike B. On 5/9...
• Replaced clutch slave cylinder
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 22:35:51 -0700
  ...The front bolt and nut is your choice, top or bottom.Now after you bleed the system, be sure and reconnect the back up...
• Re: Type 2 Rear Axle nut coming loose?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:53:25 -0400
  ...Friend of mine has a very nice 71 >Westy but the left rear axle nut comes loose every couple thousand miles >despite havingthe cotter...
• Re: nuts in steering linkage and rack
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:19:58 -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: Seized Axel Nut
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:45:58 -0600
  Hi Hotch, I have broken a 3/4 inch breaker bar on axle nuts, mine was a blackhawk which they replaced. I was using...
• Re: What head nut sealant?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 23:21:25 -0500
  ...Use it to coat the bottom of the nut and the thread on the studs. be careful not to fill the nut cavity as...
• Re: truck nut plate
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:54:09 -0700
  ...But now, as > > I look further into the matter, the nut plate itself does not appear to be > > locked into one place. Could it...
• Re: tool find
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 29 Sep 2013 11:40:49 -0700
  In the past I've used the 20' aluminum mast from my old Sunfish to break free the rear axle nuts on a T1...
• Re: Big tools for your big nuts; was RE: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:47:34 -0400
  ...Big tools for your big nuts; was RE: Why my rear axle nuts got loose > It looks like the drive side of those sockets...
• Re: lug nuts (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Kreuzer
  Wed, 17 May 2006 21:47:26 -0500
  ...Re: [VANAGON] lug nuts (NVC) Mark A. Kreuzer wrote: > > >AND, on a side note. I guess there really is something to tightening lug >nuts...
• Eurovan oil filter Warning
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 12:47:00 -0500
  ...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: NVC: Name for Chain Link attacher thingy?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:35:03 -0800
  ...When > you unscrew the nut, it opens up a gap (so now you > have a 'C') enabling you to slide chain through that > gap...
• Re: 11mm brake line wrench
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 11 Jul 2013 00:09:33 -0400
  ...Their price on the nuts and tees was good, though, so I bought all of them there. On seized nuts, I've had very...
• Re: Syncro driveline reinstall
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:49:45 -0600
  The VW nuts were Stover nuts--google that. They are reusable, at least some number of times. Some vendors want to sell you new...
• Re: VW-'71 BUS-QUESTION ABOUT MOUNTING BOLTS
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 22:37:34 -0500
  >I bought a long block for my '71 Bus but during installation it became >clear that the case didn't have the nut pressed...
• Re: Exhaust bolts studs nuts to prevent future corrosion problems
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:21:52 -0700
  ...Exhaust bolts studs nuts to prevent future corrosion problems Actually the subject is about exhaust nuts to use but I figured the word bolts...
• Re: removing ball joint nut?
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:10:05 -0400
  Unless some MIDAS shop was there first, I sincerely doubt that there is an SAE nut on that ball joint. Jeff On Thu, Sep...
• Re: Rear axle nuts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 May 94 9:43:31 CDT
  ...True, and thats why they make that wonderful 1/2 inch steel plate thingy that you can place over your 46mm axle nut and...
• ...and speaking of BusDepot mufflers....
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:00:50 -0500
  ...Gaskets they can do - they're just not nuts about nuts. So, off I go, on the way home, to the local branch of...
• Re: Brake line Flare Nut Threads + Antiseize Ok?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:28:27 -0700
  ...The tube gets buggered when nut rusted. Tube twists with nut. Neil. On 4/9/09, Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@umich.edu> wrote: > I have...
• Re: nuts in steering linkage and rack
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:37:23 -0800
  I guess I'm going to die just any day now when my steering nuts and bolts fail from being reused. Steering bolts and...
• Need Missing front shock absorber bottom bolt
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kim
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 20:45:33 -0700
  Today I was surprised to find no bottom bolt and nut for the shock absorber on the driver's side of my 87 Westy...
• Re: 88 GL Power mirror base & spring assembly
  Historical mailing list - Bobby Brown
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:23:01 -0500
  ...Nut, spring, washer? As in you drop the washer in 1st, then the spring, then the nut? (looking down the shaft of the mirror...
• keepin your nuts clean...was Re: anti theft for hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 22:03:51 EST
  ...a side benefit, that tight fit keeps your lug nuts clean! > Seriously...the lug nuts on my '75 bus were pristine. The ones on...
• 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: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 11:15:12 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '84 anti-sway bar down-link nut success http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/901951.jpg Finally succeeded...
• Re: stranded
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 28 Sep 1994 19:15:11 -0500 (CDT)
  On Wed, 28 Sep 1994, sstones wrote: > On Wed, 28 Sep 1994, Gerald Skerbitz wrote: > > I have bolts on the front, and nuts on...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:52:38 -0500
  > > 18 is totaly weird/rare. You shouldn't need one of those. > There is one 18mm case nut on a 2.1. Jim
• Lug Nut Torque ft/lb?
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 13:11:16 -0700
  Does anyone know the lug nut torgue for my '85 GL? Is it 123ft/lbs? Sears mounted my new Michelins at 120ft/lbs --Bill...
• Re: Nuts and Braces
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:47:54 -0700
  Where are you located? I have several sets of lug nuts and bolts , I will be happy to send you what you need. DrRfuo...
• Re: Paint Front Grill?
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Holschuh
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:31:36 -0600
  ...Seems I'm not so nuts after all . . .or at least only as nuts as the rest of you :) Later, Doug
• Re: Lug nuts and bolts
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:09:40 -0700
  ...Need lug nuts/lug bolts for alloy wheels BTDT last week, check the online vendors, best price I found was volkscafe.com, arrived 2nd...
• Re: Lug nut stripped
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 09:38:41 -0800
  I recall chewing up a lug nut REAL good a while back.... The lug nut metal on my '81 was fairly soft. I used...
• Re: brass nuts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:04:48 EDT
  Damon God forbid I say this but Honda's brass exhaust nuts are the least difficult to remove of any I have ever encountered...
• Re: Wheel lug nuts and wrenches
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:04:07 -0800
  ...me I like to be able to remove a nut and hope my wife will be able also if she needs. ohh i put...