The following is not meant as a criticism of anyone except
VW dealers, and I'm not going to give my opinion on whether
or not to replace nuts, but:  How often do we depend on the
VW dealer for technical information or advice about Vanagons?

tabe johnson / 87 westy

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Date:    Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:19:58 -0500
From:    Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject: Re: nuts in steering linkage and rack

Checked at the local dealer during lunch.  He shows the parts,
described in the EKTA as a "self locking nut".  8mm.

The parts guy then went on to say that their techs typically re-use
the nuts, and use loctite on them, because nobody wants to wait 3 days
for a few nuts.

Allan

Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> writes:

> Now we're getting somewhere.  Good info.  I'm going to check at the
> dealer -- who knows, they may have a drawer full of them.
>
> http://www.boltdepot.com/product.aspx?cc=15&cs=204&cm=70
>
> The illustration there does not look quite like what I removed, so I'm
> not certain that this is correct.  It is a 10.9 grade though.
>
> Allan