here we go.  this is all in the archives and there have been great flair
ups in the past over it.  shear in the case of this bolt DOES NOT mean
that the bolt (ie body) shears, it does mean that during manufacture when
torqued the bolt head shears off the fastner.  this was designed as an
anti-theft aid, hence the difficulty you have in taking the bolts out to
get the column loose from the dash.  think about it if these were special
shear in the case of accidents bolts they would be demarked just like
other stretch to yield fastners in the bentley and the would have regular
heads just like those fastners do.

jonathan

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> The shear bolt is designed to break off in an accident to prevent driving
> the steering column through your chest. Maybe you should do it the right
> way.
>
> On 4/24/06, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> ETKA shows the sheer bolt as 211 415 549 B
>>
>> I have read where others have used a standard bolt to replace them as
>> the "Sheer" feature seems to be an aid to assembly and not a safety
>> feature.  Only going by what I've read on that.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Forhan wrote:
>>> No ETKA at the office :(.  Can anyone send me the part
>>> number - the visegrip techinique to remove it did not
>>> work.
>>>
>>> Don't expect it matters, but this is for my 1983.5 9
>>> passenger/sunroof GL. I'm replacing the heater core
>>> and fan motor, the windshield wiper motor and redoing
>>> the heater box.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Tom F.
>>>
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> Jake
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