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Subject:Re: Steering Column bolts again
From:Marshall Ruskin
Date:Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:58:05 -0600

Maybe you could file some flat spots, or perhaps epoxy a nut to then, and
then turn the nut.

Worth a try.

Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy

>Sorry to bother the list again with my problems. My blower motor sits,
>awaiting an answer to the latest problem. The Breakaway Bolts on the
>steering column, the upper ones, are not breaking away. If you look in the
>Bentley manual, you'll see that the bolts there have the knurled heads that
>can be grasped by vice grips and turned. Mine however, look like volcanoes!
>like cones! I see no way to grasp them and I have tried to drill the
>middle, but so far have only heated up the drill! Any and all suggestions
>welcome! HELP!
>        TIA,
>        Mike - 86 Westy syncro
>