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Steering column shear bolts
Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
Thu, 2 Oct 1997 07:27:00 -0500
...I had to remove the steering column once and the bolts were relitlvly expensive but at maybe $2 each its cheap safety.
steering column woes
Historical mailing list - Paul Gilland
Wed, 8 May 2002 21:28:32 -0700
...This seems like a safety hazard to me - it seems like the upper steering column could easily disengage with the lower during a bump...
Re: Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 8 Oct 2002 21:46:34 +1300
...it'd certainly make the steering much more precise. I intend to fit a Toyota car steering column anyway, so my switchgear will be...
purpose of shear bolts
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:59:55 -0500
The purpose of the shear bolts in the steering column assembly is safety--they allow the column to break away in a frontal collision...
Re: steering column woes
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Wed, 8 May 2002 22:54:35 -0600
...This seems like a safety hazard to me - it seems like the upper steering column could easily disengage with the lower during a bump...
Re: Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:47:07 -0400
...The Super Beetles used U-joints in the steering column and they were failure-prone, too. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org...
Re: Replacement for Steering Column's Upper Bolts?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 7 May 2012 14:43:45 -0700
...Shows all the safety structures in the van. In the steering column, those two straps that run up from upper column bracket to front...
Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:41:46 -0700
...Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint Anyone tried replacing the rubber coupling in the steering column with a splined universal joint? This would...
Re: washer fluid won't work
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:11:33 -0400
...To do this, remove the plastic cover from the steering column. Now, lie underneath the steering wheel on the floor of the van (legs...
Re: Steering Column bolts again
Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
Sun, 27 Feb 2000 10:13:07 +0000
The easiest way to remove the breakaway bolts on the steering column in with a bolt extractor. This is a tool you can get...
Re: Shear Bolts/Steering column
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 9 Aug 1999 10:47:43 -0400
...is the best way to remove >the shear bolts from the steering column? The repair manual says to drill >out? ViseGrips or equivalent often...
Mid-repair "issue" - Ign. switch R & R
Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:27:42 -0400
...This cannot seperate because (1) steering safety; and (2) if it does, no room to install steering wheel (no threads...). What am I doing...
Re: Replacement for Steering Column's Upper Bolts?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 7 May 2012 14:59:01 -0700
...Shows all the safety structures in the van. In the steering column, those two straps that run up from upper column bracket to front...
Re: Shear Bolts?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 18 Jun 2000 14:53:17 -0400
...particular torque to meet >safety requirements. If under-tightened, they will work loose and you'll >have the steering column flopping around in your...
Re: Steering Column Shear Bolt Part Number?
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:51:50 -0400
...Steering Column Shear Bolt Part Number? > ETKA shows the sheer bolt as 211 415 549 B > > I have read where others have used a...
Re: Steering Column Shear Bolt Part Number?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:20:30 -0700
The shear bolt is designed to break off in an accident to prevent driving the steering column through your chest. Maybe you should do...
Re: Steering column shear bolt removal
Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:31:39 -0800
...Should I replace with steel or brass M8s? I can't tell if they're a security or safety (shear in a crash) feature.
Re: Shear Bolts/Steering column
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Mon, 9 Aug 1999 12:22:43 -0400
...is the best way to remove > >the shear bolts from the steering column? The repair manual says to drill > >out? > > > ViseGrips or equivalent often...
Re: washer fluid won't work
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:30:17 -0400
...To do this, remove the plastic cover from the steering column. Now, lie underneath the steering wheel on the floor of the van (legs...
Re: Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint
Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
Mon, 7 Oct 2002 15:53:39 -0400
...Replacing steering rubber link with universal joint Anyone tried replacing the rubber coupling in the steering column with a splined universal joint? This would...
Re: Shear bolts on steering column
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:29:08 -0700
...There is an opinion extant that these bolts are actually part of a > safety system that allows the steering column to move in a...
Re: Heater motor replacement
Historical mailing list - Alan Beck
Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:37:10 -0700
...on safety. Alan On 20 Mar 01, at 11:09, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > I agree with Jim on reusing the steering column bolts...
Re: Shear Bolts?
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:50:16 -0400
...particular torque to meet > safety requirements. If under-tightened, they will work loose and you'll > have the steering column flopping around in your...
Re: Shear bolts on steering column
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:05:37 -0500
...There is an opinion extant that these bolts are actually part of a safety system that allows the steering column to move in a...
Re: Shear Bolts?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 18 Jun 2000 08:37:33 -0700
...particular torque to meet > > safety requirements. If under-tightened, they will work loose and you'll > > have the steering column flopping around in your...
Re: Steering column shear bolt removal
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 16 Feb 2014 23:35:58 -0700
...Should I replace with steel or brass M8s? I can't tell if they're a security or safety (shear in a crash) feature.
Re: Steering Column Shear Bolt Part Number?
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:21:49 -0400
...designed to break off in an accident to prevent driving > the steering column through your chest. Maybe you should do it the right > way...
Re: Steering Column Shear Bolt Part Number?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:27:56 -0400
...feature seems to be an aid to assembly and not a safety feature. Only going by what I've read on that. Mike Tom...
Re: SHEAR bolts/steering column
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Wed, 22 Oct 2003 15:02:11 -0700
...SHEAR bolts/steering column At 02:35 AM 10/22/2003, George Goff wrote: >On this list, the subject of those damn shear head...
Re: Heater motor replacement
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 21 Mar 2001 01:43:58 -0500
...whatsoever to do with safety. They are there for the purpose of making it difficult to drop the steering column, hence more difficult to...
Re: Steering Column Shear Bolt Part Number?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:47:33 -0700
...designed to break off in an accident to prevent > driving > > the steering column through your chest. Maybe you should do it the right > > way...
Vanagon Crashworthiness
Historical mailing list - HARRIST
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 15:05:00 EST
...If anything, it was accelerating toward the steering column. (Ouch) This is not an unknown condition. Back in 1979, a Honda sedan had excessive...
Re: Shear Bolts?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 17 Jun 2000 21:06:29 -0700
...particular torque to meet safety requirements. If under-tightened, they will work loose and you'll have the steering column flopping around in your...
Re: Vanagon gas mileage
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:26:00 -0800
...usually one less creature comfort or safety feature. Remove the interior except for the drivers seat, steering column, guages etc., ditch the bumpers, spare...
Re: I found a "Mystery Switch" ...
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 23 May 2004 21:50:11 -0500
The relay below and in front of the steering column looks like an Eberspacher Heater Safety Reset Relay .......... but it could be a relay...
Re: Heater motor replacement
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:52:05 -0700
...on safety. > > Alan > > > On 20 Mar 01, at 11:09, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > > > I agree with Jim on reusing the steering column bolts...
Re: Vanagon Crashworthiness
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Tue, 28 Apr 1998 23:44:11 -0400
...If anything, it was accelerating toward > the steering column. (Ouch) > This is not an unknown condition. Back in 1979, a Honda sedan had > excessive...
Re: Junkyard Wars
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:13:55 -0400
...about an hour, not > including those two bizarre "safety" bolts that hold the steering > column in place (is there any way to get those...
Re: washer fluid won't work
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:23:17 -0700
...Or the momentary contacts in the switch (on the steering column) have gotten crudded up, and don't send any power to the pump...
CRIPES O' MIGHTY
Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:54:53 -0400
...I got in the van and pulled up the rubber boot at the base of the steering column, and looked at the U Joint...
Re: Stranded in Kentucky, USA
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 18 Aug 2012 20:16:58 -0700
...We had the wiring harness in the steering >> column replaced a year ago. << >> >> Is tanyone around there within the sound of my typing available...
Junkyard Wars
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:20:07 +0000
...about an hour, not including those two bizarre "safety" bolts that hold the steering column in place (is there any way to get those...
Re: Steering column shear bolt removal
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:48:19 -0800
...Should I replace with steel or brass M8s? I can't tell if they're a security or safety (shear in a crash) feature.
Re: Vanagon gas mileage
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:37:08 -0600
...usually one less creature comfort or safety feature. Remove the interior except for the drivers seat, steering column, guages etc., ditch the bumpers, spare...
Re: washer fluid won't work
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:18:25 -0700
...Or the momentary contacts in the switch (on the steering column) have gotten crudded up, and don't send any power to the pump...
Re: vanagon Digest - 7 May 2012 - Special issue (#2012-277)
Historical mailing list - DAIZEE Scooby
Mon, 7 May 2012 20:17:18 -0400
...those "sheer bolts" can not possibly be any safety feature in that they direct the column any specific way, simply because they are identical...
Re: Junkyard Wars
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:40:37 -0500
...about an hour, not > including those two bizarre "safety" bolts that hold the steering column in > place (is there any way to get those...
Re: washer fluid won't work
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:56:28 -0700
...Or the momentary contacts in the switch (on the steering column) have gotten crudded up, and don't send any power to the pump...
Re: How can I remove the dashboard?
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Sat, 4 Oct 2003 11:42:56 -0400
...Steering column: Remove the two bolts holding the steering column to the dash frame. These are safety bolts without a head because it is...
Re: Junkyard Wars
Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:23:55 -0700
...about an hour, not > including those two bizarre "safety" bolts that hold the steering column in > place (is there any way to get those...
Re: battery cable contact problem
Historical mailing list - Duclos Darie
Wed, 19 May 1999 10:07:06 +0200
...At the time I drove a few weeks with wires hanging out the steering column, with some little connectors which the mechanic had attached...
Re: Vanagon gas mileage
Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 19:14:42 -0500
...usually one less creature comfort or safety feature. >> Remove the interior except for the drivers seat, steering column, guages >> etc., ditch the bumpers, spare...
Re: Van Not Starting - 88 Automatic with New Starter and Alternerator
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 23:00:51 -0700
...I then opened up the > plastic shroud around the ignition removed the plastic and exposing > the steering column and the lead wires to the...
Re: Vanagon crash safety
Historical mailing list - DaveC
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:18:30 -0700
...The steering column straightened up, however hardly penetrated into the interior. " Some text from the article: In case of emergency the salvage of the...
Re: 91 dead on the freeway tech expertise needed !
Historical mailing list - mike twombley
Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:30:15 -0800
...I have't been into the steering column entrails on a Vanagon but know Rabbits and Jettas real good. VW changes parts only as...
Re: Junkyard Wars
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:46:07 +0000
...about an hour, not including those two bizarre "safety" bolts that hold the steering column in place (is there any way to get those...
Copy of: Re: Tiny orange switch right of steering column below dash?
Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
18 Jan 97 23:08:11 EST
...Tiny orange switch right of steering column below dash? >Oh, no you are not being rude. I just don't know what's going...
Re: Van Not Starting - 88 Automatic with New Starter and Alternerator
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:08:01 -0400
...I then opened up the >plastic shroud around the ignition removed the plastic and exposing >the steering column and the lead wires to the...
Re: Spare tire location
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Sat, 3 Apr 2021 11:12:29 -0700
...The steering wheel has two energy-absorbing buckle points, with a detachable steering column that prevents the steering wheel from being pushed into the...
Re: Vanagon gas mileage
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:49:53 -0600
...usually one less creature comfort or safety feature. >>>Remove the interior except for the drivers seat, steering column, guages >>>etc., ditch the bumpers, spare...