My mistake, I was misinformed.

On 4/24/06, Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@umich.edu> wrote:
>
> 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
> > 1984 Vanagon GL
> > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >
> >
> >
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com