no problem replacing the shear-off conical head bolts with regular
bolts. I believe they are only anti theft devices, not a safety
feature. That being said, I did replace with hex head bolts the times
i removed dash, but also bought new shear off bolts from dealer
(speedway in victoria). the fancy bolts are still sitting unused in
my parts collection.

alistair
'86 syncro 7  passenger
'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
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On 28-Mar-10, at 5:16 PM, Shawn Wright wrote:

Any reason not to replace those wierd headless bolts holding the steer
column to the dash supports with standard hex bolts?