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Subject:Re: How do you decode VW bolt part numbers?
From:David Marshall
Date:Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:01:29 -0700

I ended up getting N 903 544 01 which is a M12x1.5x122mm bolt - from a
Golf III front suspension.  $2.64 per bolt from the dealer.
Better than having to buy a box of them from the bolt distributor in
Vancouver.

David Marshall

http://www.hasenwerk.ca
Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J 3J2

Engine Conversion FAQ - http://www.hasenwerk.ca/faq

On
Tue, June 24, 2008 17:55, Old Volks Home wrote:
>
>
David
>
> As I noted in a previous post regarding Air
Conditioning parts, it pays to
> keep handy the old Parts Fiche
collection for reference.
>
> Reference Normteile Fiche
dated 1988 (can look up by alpha name or "N"
>
numerical:
>
> N0101883  M12x1.5x120, Grade 10.9, DIN
960
>
> BUT
>
> It is no longer carried
in North America by the VW Dealers.  It no longer
> shows up in
ETKA.
>
> And no, there has never been any rhyme or
reason to VW Standard Parts
> Numbering for fasteners that I've
been able to decipher in the past 30
> years.  They just assign
whatever "N" number they want wherever they want.
>
--
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
>
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe
"Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> ***********************************
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008
at 9:38 PM, David Marshall
> <mailinglist@fastforward.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> Is there any rhyme or reason to VW
bolt part numbers?
>>
>> I am
>> looking
all thru ETKA for an application that uses M12x1.5x120 so that I
>> don't have to a box of 50 of the bolts when all I need is four
- would
>> be
>> cheaper to get them from the
dealer...
>>
>> N 010 1675 = M12 x 1.5
>>
x 105mm (Vanagon rear trailing arm)
>> N 010 1891 = M12 x 1.5 x
110mm
>> (Vanagon front control arm)
>>
>> David Marshall
>>
>>
http://www.hasenwerk.ca
>> Box 4153, Quesnel BC, Canada V2J
3J2
>>
>> Engine Conversion FAQ -
http://www.hasenwerk.ca/faq
>