Ouch!!!
Did you have any damage on your van? Must be very scarry.

I have checked my spare tire this afternoon . I had though time to unsrew
this d#?& bolt. It is true that my wrench was a bit short but good thing I
have tried it (imagine a real flat tire). I was using a wrench with a 3/4"
(a bit too big) didn't have any metric. My spare tire was only at 20 psi, I
put 38 psi in it. It was a bit hard to hook the latch. It looks like the
tire is doing some compression on the different pipes above the tire. Sorry
not answering your question.

Take care

Germain

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Luft" <Shawn.Luft@COMPLETIONS.BOMBARDIER.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 3:40 PM
Subject: Spare Tire Bolt Size Req'd

> Can someone please tell me the correct size of bolt for the Spare Tire
> Cover, under the front of the Car on an '86 Vanagon.
>
> My spare tire fell down on the highway yesterday!!  Apparently the bolt
> came loose, and somehow the latch un-hooked.  Anyways, I need to try and
> bang the metal back into shape and secure it well with the new bolt.
>
> Thanks,
> Shawn.