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Subject:Re: Most common Nuts 'n Bolts?
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:40:44 -0800

that and you need something sticky ....that also remains pliable , such as
Permatex High Tack gasket sealer.

Undo the 10mm nut completely ..take the mirror base apart...
what I found on the last one that I treated this way ..
it's  was a double ball and socket sort of ..
like a hemisphere shaped piece between two spherical shapes....which doubles
the friction area ...
the issue is that stock those surfaces are still too slippery ..
put High Tack on both surfaces..
and it's nicely sticky, can still move some, and stays where you put it.

Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Melissa Mourkas" <westywoman@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: Most common Nuts 'n Bolts?

And I think you need a 10mm wrench and a Phillips head screwdriver for when
your mirrors flop back in a headwind and need to be tightened.

Melissa Mourkas
84 Westy "Honey Bee"
www.westywoman.com

On Dec 21, 2011, at 09:58 AM, Daniel Rotblatt <d.rotblatt@VERIZON.NET>
wrote:

> I do have a set of standard I got at a yard sale that goes up to 1"
> bolts - way small for railroad, but great self defence :->
>
> So far we've got 13, 15, 17mm wrenches...would that be M8, M10, bolts (the
> charts don't even show a 15mm wrench)? I looked up a chart and there's
> different wrench head sizes: ANSI/ISO, DIN, etc. Now I'm more confused
> :-( No problem when I working on the car, I just find the socket/wrench
> that works. Maybe I jsut opened up a can of worms...
>
> Dan
> Los Angeles, CA
> "Winky" the '85 Westy Weekender
>
> On Dec 21, 2011, at 7:45 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
>