IIRC the Vanagon shift knob is also 12 x 1.5

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> not that fine Scott, its a 1.5 mm thread pitch. Maybe you were
> expecting 1.75 mm thread pitch on a bolt that size?
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> I believe the lug bolts/nuts are same 1.5 mm pitch, but a 14 mm
> diameter. MB uses 12 X 1.5 mm thread pitch on some model's wheels.
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> alistair
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> On 8-Mar-11, at 11:13 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
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>  so much discussion over one simple bolt !
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>> it is a 12mm thread diameter bolt.
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>> a 19mm hex head is a very normal size bolt head for a 12mm thread
>> bolt.
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>> It's a rather fine thread and is about the only spot in a waterboxer
>> vanagon
>> where you will find this fine  12mm thread.
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Jake

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