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Subject:Re: How to get that (bleep) spare tire out (continued)
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Tue, 8 Mar 2011 12:56:19 -0800

on some, but not all sticks. I got caught by that when I made a Xmas
present for friend... piston shift knob... and it was that thread but
did not fit his stick.

ab

On 8-Mar-11, at 12:47 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> 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?
>
> 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.
>
>
> alistair