yes, but the bolts are not needed to hold the drum on, just to keep it
in place. You can leave them out even...

alistair

On 21-Jan-11, at 3:52 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> seems just right for the application to me.
> 10mm head with 6mm thread would be much too small.
> 10mm hex head on a 7mm diameter bolt thread seems too small for that
> diameter thread.
>
> 8 mm thread with 12 or 13 hex head would be overkill.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@shaw.ca>
> To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: VW Necessity...
>
>
>> Thanks Scott. Its funny why a 11 mm was used on the drums eh? why
>> not  10?
>>
>> alistair
>>
>>
>> On 21-Jan-11, at 3:13 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>>
>>> the only 11's I can think of on the whole van are
>>> the brake drum retaining screws, as mentioned already ... and
>>> there  two per
>>> rear wheel of course.
>>> That thread is barely used on vangons ..it's a 7 mm diameter bolt
>>> thread, of
>>> a pretty fine pitch.
>>>
>>> and brake lines..
>>> 11mm on those ...12mm on the clutch hydraulics I think.
>>> otherwise no 11's anywhere I believe.
>