IIRC it was Karl Mullendore who posted about them, he included the MBZ part
numbers.

I bought a pair off of eBay, for an 80's MBZ wagon, they fit the Vanagon
spindles perfectly.

I don't like peen-unpeen stuff.

Regards, Vern

> you are thinking of a mercedes benz front wheel bearing securing nut.
>
>
> I'm not sure the Benz thread is the same .
> but I could easily take the  one off my benz-based 'wheel balancer' thing
> ..to see if it fits a vanagon spindle.
>
> scott
>>I know there was a discussion on these a while back, but I can't
>> remember where people said to get them.  I think they were actually
>> from a Benz application?
>> Thanks,
>> Edward
>