Do not sweat the length of the bolt!!  OEM is not necesary on a bolt, guys.
make it work....

Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luke Plaizier" <lukeyson@ozemail.com.au>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 2:55 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] Spare Tyre Bolt

> I recently left mine loose accidentally, and had a bit of a conniption
when
> it dropped and let the whole thing fall at about 65 mile-hour. You might
be
> pleased to know that the tyres stays in the carrier even after it has
> dropped at that speed. Believe me, I am even more pleased.
>
> Suffice to say, mine has gone too. I'm currently trying to get one through
> www.germanpartshaus.com. They say that they don't have them, but that
sounds
> like a 'we can't be botrhered selling you something that small'. Since I'm
> buying another part from them, they said they'd look for one and toss it
> into the package. They ship via UPS.
>
> It's my story of a similar problem, so I don't know if you'll have any
luck.
>
>
> Luke