phaedra, ed, karl, ben, et al.

thanks for your messages.  turns out three bolts were sheared, and three
not.  i was able to get one in with a 6mm allen key, and decided that's not
enough to drive it.  so AAA came and got me and towed me (ass in the air; i
have not put my front drive shaft in yet, or i would still have been driving
it, front wheel drive!) to volks cafe.

peter is very good.  he's going to make sure that joint is fine, and then
torque the other five down to spec.  he says people come in all the time
with this on their vanagons after they've had cv work done and the folks
don't retighten properly.  he'll tighten them properly.

and phaedra, re the parts...you didn't have to do that...but thanks.

bill
'87 syncro westfalia (currently NWD)
http://www.scruznet.com/~kasper/pics/westy/