At 08:40 PM 10/18/2001, David Beierl wrote:
me).  But that nut is torqued very tight, and if the nut -- the special
>10-slot nut that they put on when they increased the torque spec by 50 per
>cent or so -- has been softened, I could easily imagine it deforming the

Oops, just saw this was for a '71 -- no idea what the torques are for that
one, or if it uses the same 6-slot nut as early Vanagons started with?

d

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