The bolts all look the same - 1.9 type I presume.
Per Van Cafe I torqued the nuts all down to 33 lbs.

Tom

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> If the nuts are mixed, what about the bolts? Sounds like you have a 1.9 and
> 2.1 mixed set. Common from some of the mass rebuilders. I love getting
> mixed
> sets of brake calipers!
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Tom Lambas
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 6:17 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Thread locker on rod bolts?
>
> Thanks Dennis,
>
> I decided not to use threadlocker. Removeable stuff was on advice of FLAPS
> guy.
>
> As an aside, one of the rods I got from Van Cafe has the divot for peening
> the shoulder of the rod nut into it, and the rest don't. Also one set of
> nuts (for one cap) has no shoulder.
> Maybe this helps them "balance" the set.
> Thoughts anyone?
>
> Tom L.
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Dennis Haynes
> <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> > If you're going to use a thread locker you want the strong stuff
> > there. Why even consider removable? Call Loctite and get the new
> > torque specs for that application. If the Loctite should do anything
> > at all the connection has already failed.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> > Behalf Of Tom Lambas
> > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 1:27 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Thread locker on rod bolts?
> >
> > We'll, I'm back from summer travel and getting back to my 2.1 WBX
> rebuild.
> >
> > I'm installing Rods from Van Cafe. Should I use some removable thread
> > locker on the rod bolt/nut?
> >
> > Thanks, Tom
> >
> >
>
>