of course ..
every vanagon savvy person knows that.
on every non standard wheel I've seen fitted..
it's necessary to remove those bolts.

and there's not much danger of the drums falling off, like when removing a
wheel.
they're often stuck on.
sometimes stuck on really badly.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alistair Bell" <albell@SHAW.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: VW Necessity...

> 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.
>>