I have, on a stubborn broken head stud in the Vanagon.  Worked ok, except
they're a one-size-fits-all kind of arrangement, probably actually designed
for SAE fasters.  Problem I had was one size just cut enough off the stud to
polish it nicely, and the next size down was almost too small to cut into
the stud.

Randy, Carla & Anna Huyck, Olympia, WA
'75 Rustfalia
'85 Vanagon GL
'90 Fox GL (FOR SALE!)
'74 Super Beetle
'93 Mercury Cougar

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Richard Brassaw
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 9:09 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: New exhaust install

Has anyone used that socket that Sears sells for rounded bolts?

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Fredrich Hesterberg
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 8:58 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: New exhaust install

This is not a nice thing to do.
Make sure you have a set of torches to heat the frozen, corroded,
rusted, nuts  before you start removing them.
A cut off tool is a good thing also.
Not a dremel tool,a air compressor powered cut off tool, when the nuts
get rounded and can't be taken off, cut them.
This job takes a lot of time, and is not easy.
Good Morning,

Fred

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Subject: New exhaust install
My 89 Westy is in need of a new exhaust system. I'm thinking the whole
thing. Has anyone installed one and how was the installation.
Steve